Dictionary

sweetish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈswiːtɪʃ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus Proto-Germanic *swōtuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *swōtī Old English swēte Middle English swete English sweet Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English sweetish From sweet + -ish.

Meanings

1. somewhat sweet (all senses)
   • Up half the night, nearly 'til dawn, I can almost see the light in a love that can't go wrong, It's just another sweetish love song. 2009, Jeffrey Poppy, Jeff, the Roofer, Reflections of a Double Negative Life:
   • At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them. 1903, George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son, page 46:
   • Pine Nuts are sweetish in flavor, warming, and lack poison. 2013, Paul. D. Buell, Eugene N. Anderson, Soup For The Qan:

Forms

Deriveds

sweetishness · sweetishly

Translations (19)

az şirintəhər (somewhat sweet) · de süßlich (somewhat sweet) · bg сладникав (somewhat sweet) · sv sötaktig (somewhat sweet) · fr douceâtre (somewhat sweet) · hy քաղցրավուն (somewhat sweet) · pl słodkawy (somewhat sweet) · az şirinsov (somewhat sweet) · la dulciculus (somewhat sweet) · ro dulceag (somewhat sweet) · uk солодкува́тий (somewhat sweet) · be саладкава́ты (somewhat sweet) · ru сладкова́тый (somewhat sweet) · ro dulciu (somewhat sweet) · az şirinhal (somewhat sweet) · hu édeskés (somewhat sweet) · fi makeahko (somewhat sweet) · ro dulcișor (somewhat sweet) · fr douçâtre (somewhat sweet)