oversweetnessn.
/ˌəʊvəˈswiːtnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈswitnᵻs/ The quality of being oversweet.
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lusciousness1594
oversweetness1759
1759 S. Fielding Hist. Countess of Dellwyn I. 287 Whomsoever Over-sweetness disgusted.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. xxii. 374 The child cannot bear for years after the scent which has once become intolerable by over-sweetness.
1916 F. J. Mather Estimates in Art iv. 109 The painting is of the most featherlike lightness, and only escapes oversweetness from the sharp carnal flavor of the whole.
1962 ELH 29 221 It is this underlying moral stringency which saves Trollope's world from oversweetness.
2000 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 28 Apr. 29 Served in a stubby highball glass, it was potent and honest-tasting, without the oversweetness so often encountered.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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