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sweetness

  • noun
  • sweet·ness
  • swēt'nəs

The condition of being sweet all senses.

Other meanings

  1. A pleasant disposition; kindness.

    “Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.”

  2. The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.

Related words

  • sweetness and light

Word history

From Old English "swētnes".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sweetness” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.