sweetness

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noun

Plural noun:

sweetnessessweetnesse

1.
(countable, uncountable)The condition of being sweet (all senses).
2.
(countable, uncountable)A pleasant disposition; kindness.
Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.
3.
(countable, uncountable)The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.
4.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A 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.

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sweetness and light

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English swetnes, swetnesse, from Old English swētnes (sweetness), from *swōtinassī (sweetness), equivalent to sweet + -ness. Cognate with swietens, obsolete zoetenis, swuoznessi, suoznessi (sweetness).