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sweetness

sweet·ness

UK/ˈswiːtnəs/ US/ˈswitnəs/ fairly common informal

noun

1.

the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

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2.

the property of containing sugar

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4.

the quality of giving pleasure

  • “he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner”
  • “the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day”
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Origin

From Middle English swetnes, swetnesse, from Old English swētnes (“sweetness”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtinassī (“sweetness”), equivalent to sweet + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian swietens (“sweetness”), obsolete Dutch zoetenis (“sweetness”), Old High German swuoznessi, suoznessi (“sweetness”).

Phrases

  • sweetness and light

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