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sweetsome

sweetsome adjective: marked by sweetness; characteristically sweet.

Adjective

sweetsome (comparative more sweetsome, superlative most sweetsome)

  1. Marked by sweetness; characteristically sweet
    • So now Jack rode a hundred miles, a-sweatin' with the thought Of sweetsome words to ask her with, the way a feller ought: "I'm just a humble cowhand, Miss Cordie, if you please, That hereby asks your heart and hand upon my bended knees!1985, Hal Cannon, Cowboy Poetry
    • "Try 'em. Might be the thing for your sweetsome tooth.”1997, Terry C. Johnston, Carry the Wind

Examples of sweetsome in a sentence

  • Woke after sweetsome all-night dreams, / Son House death letter blues / rockin' my skullbone through the wee-est hours.2002, Trevor Carolan, Celtic Highway:
  • There poppies bloom in all the dell / To perfume the air in sweetsome smell / To the song of Shirley Seed.2014, Yon Ethraim Fearshaker, Book of Short Stories:

Forms of sweetsome

comparativemore sweetsome
superlativemost sweetsome

Origin of sweetsome

From sweet + -some.

Questions about sweetsome

What does sweetsome mean?
Sweetsome means marked by sweetness; characteristically sweet.
How do you use sweetsome in a sentence?
Woke after sweetsome all-night dreams, / Son House death letter blues / rockin' my skullbone through the wee-est hours.
What part of speech is sweetsome?
Sweetsome is an adjective.

Words near sweetsome in the dictionary

  1. sweetshop
  2. sweetshops
  3. sweetshrub
  4. sweetshrubs
  5. sweetsmelling
  6. sweetsome
  7. sweetsop
  8. sweetsops
  9. sweetspire
  10. sweetspires
  11. sweetstuff

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