sweetnesse

Noun

sweetness (countable and uncountable, plural sweetnesses)

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.2024 June 6, Brooke Younger, “What Is Swicy, and Why Do You Need It in Your Life?”, in Cozymeal
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.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
4. (informal) 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.1986, The Smiths (band), Bigmouth Strikes Again (song)