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sweetfulness

sweetfulness noun: the quality of being sweetful.

Noun

sweetfulness (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) The quality of being sweetful.
    • Then come, my sweet, I am athirst for thee; / Mine eyelids quiver with the heat of love, / And like the life-devouring hungry sea / I fain would compass with the waves thereof / Thyself, mine eyes’ content; yea, let me press / Upon thy lips one kiss of sweetfulness.1869, Henry Martin, “Caro et Spiritus”, in Phædra, and Other Poems, London: (for the Author) John Camden Hotten, […], page 69
    • Yes, the alarm of cruel war broke into the sweetfulness of the dreams / Of these / Betrothed and devoted / Lovers!1885 June 6, “The Soldier and Lenore”, in The Kearney County Advocate, volume I, number 3, Lakin, Kan.

Examples of sweetfulness in a sentence

  • Ask a mother who has a boy bursting into the sweetfulness of manhood what estimate she puts upon him.1887 June 2, J. W. M., “Old Maids Again”, in New Orleans Christian Advocate, volume 34, number 22 (whole 1609), New Orleans, La., page 2...
  • We have often received a “thousand kisses” at the caudal extremity of a letter, but it requires a painful stretch of imagination to appreciate such luscious sweetfulness.1895 August 24, The Neihart Herald, volume V, number 39 (whole 247), Neihart, Mont.:
  • This charity only increases our joy, for the more we give the more we receive, till our hearts overflow with sweetfulness.1895 August 26, “The First Murderer. The Story Taught the Human Race By the History of Cain and Abel. Fine Arts and the Press Enlighten the...
  • You are not trying General Keneny for the fact that he did not nurse this pure, sweet cherub back to sweetfulness, gentleness and piety.1898 December 16, “The Trial Ended”, in Evening Journal, Wilmington, Del.:

Origin of sweetfulness

From sweetful + -ness.

Questions about sweetfulness

What does sweetfulness mean?
Sweetfulness means the quality of being sweetful.
How do you use sweetfulness in a sentence?
Ask a mother who has a boy bursting into the sweetfulness of manhood what estimate she puts upon him.
What part of speech is sweetfulness?
Sweetfulness is a noun.

Words near sweetfulness in the dictionary

  1. sweetfish
  2. sweetfishes
  3. sweetflag
  4. sweetful
  5. sweetfully
  6. sweetfulness
  7. sweetgale
  8. sweetgales
  9. sweetgrass
  10. sweetgrasses
  11. sweetgum

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