sweete
sweete is the obsolete spelling of sweet.
Meaning of sweet
Adjective
sweet (comparative sweeter, superlative sweetest)
- Tasting of sugars.
- a sweet apple
- Retaining a portion of sugar.
- Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
- Synonyms:
- saccharine, sugary
- Not of a salty taste.
- sweet butter
- Having a pleasant smell; fragrant.
- a sweet scent
- Synonyms:
- fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
- Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
- sweet milk
- Synonyms:
- fresh, unfermented, wholesome
- Of a pleasant sound.
- a sweet tune
- Synonyms:
- dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
Forms of sweete
| plural | sweetes |
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Questions about sweete
- What is sweete the obsolete spelling of?
- Sweete is the obsolete spelling of sweet.
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