Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sweetness; pleasantness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Sweetness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
sweetness
Etymologies
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dulce + -ness
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Examples
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But above all, in this righting and helping of a man's self in his own carriage, he must take heed he show not himself dismantled and exposed to scorn and injury, by too much dulceness, goodness, and facility of nature; but show some sparkles of liberty, spirit, and edge.
The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593
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But above all, in this righting and helping of a man’s self in his own carriage, he must take heed he show not himself dismantled and exposed to scorn and injury, by too much dulceness, goodness, and facility of nature; but show some sparkles of liberty, spirit, and edge.
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