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sweetling rare.|ˈswiːtlɪŋ|
[f. sweet a. + -ling1.]
1. A term of endearment for a beloved person: = sweeting1 1.
1648Herrick Hesper., Connubii Flores 40 And (Sweetling) marke you, what a Web will come Into your Chests. 1789Conway False Appearances Epil. 74 Wedded sweetlings, mutually sincere, Who mean, ‘My devil!’ when they lisp, ‘My dear’. 1872Morris Love is Enough (1873) 23 Mother and sister, and the sweetling that scorned me..All are departed. 1903Speaker 25 Apr. 76/2 ‘Sweetling, show me thy face,’ cried he.
2. A small sweet thing.
1840Browning Sordello ii. 693 John's cloud-girt angel..with, open in his hand, A bitter-sweetling of a book. [See Rev. x. 9, 10.] 1874R. Buchanan London Lyrics iv. 12 Little barefoot maiden, Selling violets blue, Hast thou ever pictured Where the sweetlings grew? |