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semisweetness en · NOUN

Etymology

From semi- + sweet + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) the state or quality of being semisweet.
    • Because the vine produces grapes naturally lower in sugar, Muscadine is often fortified with sugar before fermentation and fermented to semisweetness. 2018, Amira Makansi, Literary Libations: What to Drink with What You Read, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
    • Once gym class rolled around, I knew Mallory's semisweetness wouldn't last. 2011, Ruth Ames, Poison Apple #2: This Totally Bites!, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 92:
    • We hoisted each cold, galvie snifter to our moist lips and, if we didn't freeze to it, drank the last half mouthful of semisweetness. 2005, Bode Miller, Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun, Villard, →ISBN: