Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Pleasing to the ear; melodious.
  • adjective Having a soothing, agreeable quality.
  • adjective Archaic Sweet to the taste.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Sweet to the sense, especially of taste; luscious; exquisite; also, melodious; harmonious.
  • Agreeable to the mind.
  • noun The sweetbread.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Sweet to the taste; luscious.
  • adjective Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
  • adjective Generally pleasing; agreeable.
  • adjective archaic Sweet to the taste.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective pleasing to the ear
  • adjective extremely pleasant in a gentle way

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration (influenced by Latin dulcis) of Middle English doucet, from Old French, diminutive of douce, feminine of doux, sweet, from Latin dulcis.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin dulcis ("sweet, pleasant").

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  • Ahhh, my dulcet darling. Tonight, we marry. Tomorrow morning your men will escort us to Florin channel, where every ship in my armada waits to accompany us on our honeymoon.

    October 9, 2007

  • This word always makes me think of the same quote!

    October 9, 2007

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    October 9, 2007

  • I'm not the only one who...glorious! Make a habit of calling people my 'dulcet darling', too.

    April 16, 2008

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    November 27, 2008