sweetness

Meaning

  1. The condition of being sweet (all senses).
  2. A pleasant disposition; kindness.
  3. The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.
  4. (informal) Term of address for one's sweetheart.

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
sweet‧ness
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈswiːtnəs/
Etymology

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”).

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