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sweetsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From sweet + -some.

Meanings

1. Marked by sweetness; characteristically sweet
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • Woke after sweetsome all-night dreams, / Son House death letter blues / rockin' my skullbone through the wee-est hours. 2002, Trevor Carolan, Celtic Highway:
   • "Try 'em. Might be the thing for your sweetsome tooth.” 1997, Terry C. Johnston, Carry the Wind:

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