sweetness
English
/ˈswiːtnəs/
noun
Definitions
- The condition of being sweet or sugary.
- A pleasant disposition; kindness.
- (informal) Term of address for one's sweetheart.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English swetnes inherited from Old English swētnes (sweetness) affix from English sweet (adorable).
Origin
English
sweet
Gloss
adorable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisweet English
- birdsweet English
- bittersweet English
- honey-sweet English
- meadsweet English
- nonsweet English
- oversweet English
- semisweet English
- semisweetness English
- sooterkin English
- summersweet English
- supersweet English
- sweet English
- sweet fifteen English
- sweet thirteen English
- sweet whiskey English
- sweetbox English
- sweetbread English
- sweetbrier English
- sweetcakes English
- sweetcheeks English
- sweetcure English
- sweeten English
- sweetfaced English
- sweetgrass English
- sweetgum English
- sweetheart English
- sweetie English
- sweeting English
- sweetish English
- sweetkin English
- sweetleaf English
- sweetling English
- sweetlips English
- sweetly English
- sweetmaker English
- sweetmeat English
- sweetpea English
- sweetroot English
- sweetshop English
- sweetshrub English
- sweetsome English
- sweetsop English
- sweetstuff English
- sweetvetch English
- sweetwater English
- sweetweed English
- sweetwood English
- sweetwort English
- sweety English
- unsweet English
- wintersweet English
- słitaśny Polish
- swētnes Old English
- sweete Middle English
- swetnes Middle English
- swetnesse Middle English
- Sweet Cebuano
- 瑞士雞翼 Chinese
- uswidi Zulu
- swit Tok Pisin
- switmoli Tok Pisin
- liswidi Swati
- switi Sranan Tongo
- swit Nigerian Pidgin
- sweet
- sweety
- sweeten
- sweetly
- sweetie
- unsweet
- sweetsop
- sweetbox
- nonsweet
- sweeting
- sweetish
- sweetpea
- sweetgum
- sweetkin
- sweetshop
- sweetmeat
- antisweet
- oversweet
- sweetweed
- meadsweet
- sweetleaf
- sweetcure
- sweetwort
- birdsweet
- sweetroot
- sweetwood
- sweetsome
- semisweet
- sweetling
- sweetlips
- sooterkin
- supersweet
- sweetbrier
- sweetbread
- sweetshrub
- sweetmaker
- sweetcakes
- sweetstuff
- sweetfaced
- sweetvetch
- sweetwater
- sweetgrass
- sweetheart
- wintersweet
- bittersweet
- honey-sweet
- sweetcheeks
- summersweet
- sweet whiskey
- sweet fifteen
- semisweetness
- sweet thirteen