sweetness

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈswiːtnəs//
United States//ˈswitnəs//

The condition of being sweet (all senses).

noun

1
The condition of being sweet (all senses).
At the same time, that pain is soothed by the brain’s perception of sweetness on a totally different area of your taste buds.
2
A pleasant disposition; kindness.
Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.
3
The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.
The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […] / Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.
Quiet people too, for I think that about this time a sort of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record sweetness to outface the year's blusterings.
4
informalA term of address for one's sweetheart.
Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head.
"Hey sweetness," he said. "How was practice?"

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”).

Forms

plural: sweetnesses

sweetheart · A person who is always very kind.sweetie · A person who is much loved.sweetly · With a sweet taste or aroma.

sweetness · The condition of being sweet (all senses).

sweets · Confectionery, candy.swell · To become larger, fuller, or rounder, or expand in size or…swelling · The state of being swollen.

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