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单词 dulce
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dulcen.1

Brit. /dʌls/, U.S. /dəls/ (In sense 2 usually)Brit. /ˈdʌlsi/, /ˈdʊlkeɪ/, U.S. /ˈdəlsi/, /ˈdʊlkeɪ/
Forms: 1600s– dulce, 1800s dulcia (plural, in sense 1).
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin dulce ; dulce adj.
Etymology: Partly < classical Latin dulce sweet wine (Pliny), sweetness, use as noun of neuter of dulcis sweet (see douce adj.), and partly (in some early instances in sense 2) < dulce adj.In plural form dulcia after the Latin plural form. In sense 2 chiefly with reference to Horace Ars Poetica 343: omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci ‘a person who mixes the useful with the pleasant, carries off every vote’.
1. A type of naturally sweet wine, made in ancient Gaul. Obsolete. rare.Only in translations of or with reference to Pliny ( Naturalis Historia 14. 83).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [noun] > sweet wine
honey-teareOE
sweet winec1386
bastard?c1425
dulce1601
brown bastard1609
dulce1849
vino dolce1902
vino dulce1911
vin doux1958
sticky1982
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiv. ix. 417 There is another kind of wine naturally sweet, which in Provance & Languedoc is called Dulce [i. sweet] [L. dulce] and namely, in the territorie of the Vocontians.
1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon xxviii. 330 The Dulce wine was obtained by drying the grapes in the sun for three days, and crushing them with the feet on the fourth, at the time of greatest heat.
1877 A. M. Wilson Wines of Bible 100 The reference is to a species of wine occupying an intermediate place between the dulces, previously described, and the nobilia, or generous wines.
1877 A. M. Wilson Wines of Bible 101 The wines of medium quality..were assigned an intermediate place between the dulcia and the nobilia.
2. Sweetness, gentleness; (with the) that which is pleasing or delightful. Usually contrasted with utile (and compare usefull in quot. 1654).
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun]
lustfulnessa900
sweetnessc900
sootnessc1000
unloathfulnessc1350
sugarc1374
pleasancec1395
agreeability?c1400
dulcourc1429
pleasure1497
pleasantnessa1500
douceness1518
dulceness?1526
dulcetness1528
pleasancy1545
ungrieffulness1556
acceptableness1565
rose water1584
pleasingnessa1586
amenity?1591
pleasing1591
acceptance1594
suavity1594
prettiness1604
jucundity1620
dulcity1623
pleasurableness1626
agreeablenessa1631
placency1639
acceptability1647
dulce1654
amicableness1667
pleasurability1793
niceness1809
dulciness1828
enjoyableness1868
Gemütlichkeit1892
sweetness and light1927
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία sig. a Usefull I confesse they are, but wanting the Dulce, Pleasure of variety, and convenience of more contracted brevity.
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος Ep. Ded. sig. b5 The goodness, candor, and dulce of your nature.
1792 J. Austen Loiterer 352 A periodical writer will seldom be long a favourite with the public, who does not take care to introduce a variety of subjects into his work, and mix as much as possible the utile with the dulce.
1847 Christian Wreath 152 The substantial grains, and the delicious fruits..those in which, with some dulce, there is much utile, and those in which, with some utile, there is much dulce.
1885 J. H. Riddell Berna Boyle 7 She had that hard and battered appearance it is competent for even quite young women to assume who have always cultivated the utile to the exclusion of the dulce. There was not much dulce about Miss Muir.
1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art v. 83 Mr. Galsworthy began his career by putting so much utile and so little dulce into his stage-puddings that only the very determined stomachs could digest them at all.
1983 P. G. Adams Travel Lit. (2015) iv. 109 Nearly all travelers who hoped to publish, and perhaps most of their readers, were..aware of the need to mix dulce with utile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dulcen.2

Brit. /ˈduːlseɪ/, /ˈdʌlseɪ/, U.S. /ˈdulˌseɪ/, /ˈdəlˌseɪ/
Forms: 1800s dulcies (plural), 1800s– dulce.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish dulce.
Etymology: Partly (i) < Spanish dulce sweetmeat (early 17th cent.), use as noun of dulce sweet (see douce adj.), and partly (ii, with reference to wine) directly < Spanish dulce sweet (see douce adj.; frequently in vino dulce ). Compare earlier dulce n.1
1. In Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a sweet thing to eat, a sweet.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun]
confection1393
sweetmeat?a1500
junkery1509
conceit1525
banqueta1533
junketry1599
sweet1660
spice1674
knick-knack1682
confectionery1769
confiture1802
candy?1809
knick-knackery1813
mithai1824
dulce1834
sweet-stuff1835
bouchées1846
ket1979
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet
dredgec1350
confection1393
sugar-meat1586
trinket1587
confectionary1599
soot-meat1614
dulcid1694
sweetie1721
goody-goody1745
bon-bon1796
confiture1802
candy?1809
sweetmeat1812
sucker1823
dulce1834
lokum1845
goody1847
sweet1851
dragée1853
lolly1854
1834 W. S. Ruschenberger Three Years in Pacific ii. iii. 103Dulces’ or sweetmeats of various kinds are served during the evening... A large shallow dish of ‘dulces’, placed on a silver salver with a number of small forks of the same metal, is offered round to the company.
1876 J. Orton Andes & Amazon (ed. 3) ii. xxxviii. 518 [Cacao] yielding, besides chocolate..a wine, and a dulce.
1923 J. Hergesheimer Bright Shawl 127 Minute fragile dulces, cakes, glazed in green and pink, and ornamental confections of almond paste.
2011 Gastronomica 11 92/2 The Franciscan sisters at the Santa Maria del Socorro Convent in Seville bake traditional dulces that reflect the lasting Moorish influence on Spanish cuisine.
2. In Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: sweet wine; (also) fortified must used for sweetening.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > must
mustOE
stum1679
dulce1849
mosto1875
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [noun] > sweet wine
honey-teareOE
sweet winec1386
bastard?c1425
dulce1601
brown bastard1609
dulce1849
vino dolce1902
vino dulce1911
vin doux1958
sticky1982
1849 G. W. Hughes in Rep. Secretary of War (1850) 32 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 32) X The wines are of three kinds—the carlone, the vino bianco, and the dulce: the first is a kind of claret Burgundy, very delicate and palatable..and the third resembles the muscadel.
1873 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 5 Sept. 802/1 The most genuine sweetening material is mosto preserved in spirit, termed dulce. To produce the best dulce either Pedro Ximenes, the sweetest grapes, or palomino, is selected.
1873 Temperance Record 6 Dec. 580/3 Sweetness is imparted by the addition of ‘dulce’,—that is, must, frequently made from grapes dried for some days in the sun, to which one-sixth of its volume of spirit, of the strength of forty degrees by Carrier's alcoholometer, has been added.
1999 J. Jeffs Wines of Spain x. 328 Dulce. Sweet wine with 600 grams per litre of sugar but more usually 150 to 225 grams.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dulceadj.adv.

Brit. /dʌls/, U.S. /dəls/
Forms: 1500s dulse, 1500s– dulce.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin dulcis ; douce adj.
Etymology: Either (i) < classical Latin dulcis sweet (in taste), fragrant, melodious, agreeable, held in affection, charming, kind, engaging (see note), or (ii) an alteration of douce adj. after classical Latin dulcis. With use as adverb compare classical Latin dulce.Further etymology of the Latin adjective. Classical Latin dulcis may be related to ancient Greek γλυκύς sweet; it is possible that both words are borrowed from an unknown source. Recent occasional loan from Spanish. With sense A. 1 compare also occasional recent use of dulce as a borrowing < Spanish dulce sweet (see douce adj.):1994 Chile Pepper Feb. 20/3 Huge piles of bright green and orange habanero chiles, alongside colorful displays of serrano, poblano, xcatic, and dulce chiles.2008 J. Hurt Compl. Idiot's Guide to Tapas i. ii. 16 It is best to use a dulce paprika, but if you like things hot, you might want to try the agridulce or picante versions.
Originally Scottish. Now rare.
A. adj.
1. Sweet in taste or smell. Also in figurative context.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective]
sweetc888
sootc950
doucea1350
sweetlya1350
softa1398
lusciousc1420
dulcet1440
mellite?1440
sugarishc1450
dulce1508
ambrosiana1522
figgy?1549
nut-sweet1586
nectaredc1595
dulcid1596
marmalady1602
fat1610
unsharp1611
unsour1611
marmalade1617
dulcorous1676
dulceous1688
saccharaceous1689
sugar-candyish1852
saccharic1945
1508 [implied in: W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 211 I..dulcely_[1568 dulely] drank of eloquence the fontayne. (at dulcely adv.)].
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 164 This garth, most dulce and redolent Off herb and flour.
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour i. sig. D.iv The balmye dulce odouris Quhilk did proceid, frome fragrant flowris.
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 41 To make it dulce and pleasant in the taste.
1650 tr. Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni (new ed.) 42 The dulce Wines, through their dulcetnesse are vehemently drawn of the members, wherewith Nature rejoyceth.
1698 Delectable Little Hist. (new ed.) 18 She ate of them [sc. apples] three and thought them right dulce.
1962 tr. S. Da Gama in Atlas Jan. 40/1 By morning nothing remains but a faint dulce taste of elegy.
2. Pleasing to the eye, ear, or feelings; gentle, soft; delightful.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective]
winsomea900
sweetc900
likingeOE
i-quemec950
lieflyOE
winlyOE
hereOE
thankfulc1000
merryOE
queemc1175
beina1200
willea1200
leesomec1200
savouryc1225
estea1250
i-wilc1275
winc1275
welcomea1300
doucea1350
well-pleasingc1350
acceptablea1382
pleasablea1382
pleasanta1382
pleaseda1382
acceptedc1384
amiablec1384
well-likinga1387
queemfulc1390
flattering1393
pleasinga1398
well-queeminga1400
comelyc1400
farrandc1400
greable1401
goodlyc1405
amicable?a1425
placablec1429
amene1433
winful1438
listyc1440
dulcet1445
agreeablec1450
favourousc1485
sweetly?a1500
pleasureful?c1502
dulcea1513
grate1523
prettya1529
plausible1541
jolly1549
dulcoratec1550
toothsome1551
pleasurable1557
tickling1558
suavec1560
amenous1567
odoriferous?1575
perfumed1580
glada1586
tickle1593
pleasurous1595
favoursome1601
dulcean1606
gratifying1611
Hyblaean1614
gratulatea1616
arrident1616
solacefula1618
pleasantable1619
placid1628
contentsome1632
sapid1640
canny1643
gustful1647
peramene1657
pergrateful1657
tastefula1659
complacent1660
placentiousa1661
gratifactorya1665
bland1667
suavious1669
palatable1683
placent1683
complaisant1710
nice1747
tasty1796
sweetsome1799
titbit1820
connate1836
cunning1843
mooi1850
gemütlich1852
sympathique1859
congenial1878
sympathetic1900
sipid1908
onkus1910
sympathisch1911
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious
sweetc900
merryOE
softc1230
accordanta1325
well-soundingc1350
cordant1382
sootc1385
songfula1400
melodiousa1425
sugaredc1430
well-toneda1500
tunable1504
dulcea1513
equivalenta1513
consonant?1521
harmonicala1527
harmoniousc1550
consorteda1586
Orphean1593
concentful1595
melodical1596
sweet-recording1598
tuneful1598
sirenical1599
high-tuned1603
nightingale-like1611
soundful?1615
according1626
modulaminous1637
undiscording1645
canorous1646
symphonious1652
concinnous1654
consonous1654
harmonic1667
sirenica1704
symphonial1773
concentual1782
chantant1785
Memnonian1800
melodized1807
Orphic1817
undiscordant1819
concentuous1850
fluting1852
melodic1871
well-orchestrated1872
jarless1876
tuny1885
tunesome1890
a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 32 Thou may wndirstand that thar is nane sa dulce sang nore so sueit, as this that the sone of God Jhesus..first maid.
a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 326 Dulce teching and prechingis.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 523 in Shorter Poems (1967) 40 Thair musik, tones war mair cleir And dulcer than..Orpheus harpe.
1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 4v The dulce, or delectable Bathes, or Welles of Buckstone.
c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 39 With blinks dulce and debonair.
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 259 Of that sugred and dulce aspect.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xliv. 479 Which two means, if they should seem to him and his associates too dulce.
1858 Cooper's Clarksburg Reg. 9 Apr. The howling of Rome shall be as the dulce sounds of dulcimedes.
1911 East Oregonian (Pendleton, Oregon) 3 Feb. (Evening ed.) 4/3 If dulce voices ask for me don't scratch your auburn dome.
2005 Trinidad Guardian 24 Nov. a43/5 Although Alcazar's signature dulce voice was revered by all parang aficionados, she never won the prestigious title.
B. adv.
Sweetly; harmoniously. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb]
sweetlyc900
queemlyOE
lustly971
winlyc1000
sootlya1125
to (a person's) queemc1175
lustilya1225
avenantlya1375
pleasinglya1398
queema1400
beinc1400
farrandlyc1400
pleasantlyc1400
pleasantlya1425
queemfullyc1425
thankfullyc1480
greablyc1500
dulcely1508
dulcea1525
pleasant1553
agreeably?1567
pleasurably1580
sugarly1587
flattering1597
sweet1597
attractively1640
well-pleasingly1645
welcomely1646
flatteringly1661
relishingly1677
satisfyingly1743
sweetsome1799
smilingly1806
dulcetly1810
gratifyingly1822
honeyedly1832
enjoyably1877
suavely1883
congenially1884
a fair treat1884
a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis 2571 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 82 Ane nychtingale..sang sa werray dulce & sweit.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 51 The musician amphion..sang sa dulce quhil that the stanis mouit.
?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 59 My lordes mynstrelles, who played there so Connyngly & dulce.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dulcev.

Brit. /dʌls/, U.S. /dəls/
Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: dulce adj.
Etymology: < dulce adj. Compare earlier douce v.
Now rare.
transitive. To make sweet or soft; to mollify, appease. In quot. 1558: (perhaps) to make softer or more malleable, temper (cf. quot. 1600 at douce v. 2).
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > make (more) sensitive or tender [verb (transitive)] > specifically of the heart
moistc1390
tender1390
woke1393
asoftc1430
supply1534
dulce1558
entender1591
douce1593
unstone1594
moisten?a1661
1558 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1913) X. 438 For ix stane ane pund wecht of tyn to dulce the mettell to the said gros culvering.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 108 To dulce and soften [Fr. attendrir] the hardened harts of the multitude.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 68 This Albinus..dulceth [L. demulcet] and kindly intreateth the men.
1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iii. iv. 795 He moulded his Laws, both Morals, Ceremonials, and Iudicials, into a Covenant..hereby notably dulcing and facilitating his Laws unto them in Jesus Christ.
1889 Te Aroha News 24 Aug. 6/7 The magic..That dulced our spirits when in joyful prime We prized the beauty that we deemed divine!
1978 T. Griffiths in T. Griffiths & H. Rappaport tr. A. Chekhov Cherry Orchard Pref. p. v Chekhov's tough, bright-eyed complexity was dulced into swallowable sacs of sentimental morality.

Derivatives

dulcing n. Obsolete
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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 65 For the dulcing [Fr. l'adoucir], taming, and appeasing of the soule.
a1610 G. Babington Comfortable Notes: Num. iv in Wks. (1615) ii. 15 The dulcing of our tart dispositions, in censuring our elders.
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