sweetishadj.

Brit.

/ˈswiːtɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈswidɪʃ/

Etymology: < sweet adj. + -ish suffix¹.

Somewhat or slightly sweet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] > sweetish

sweetish1580

amabile1974

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adverb] > sweetishly

sweetish1580

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Douceastre, sweetish.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiv. vi. 414 Sweetish they be, and yet otherwhiles they have an unripe and harsh rellish of the wood.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iv. i. 354 It becomes sweetish, and makes no Effervescence upon the injection of the Chalk.

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 56 If the acid becomes a little sweetish, Lead is certainly mixed with the Mercury.

1803 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 1 69 A lake of sweetish water, much frequented by water fowl.

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. ii. 626 When the odor [of the breath] is sickly sweetish, we may conclude the lungs are out of order.

1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy iii. 151 A grandiloquent poem, stately and sweetish, full of gods, goddesses, and little chubby Cupids.

advb.1864 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 2) 256 Of a sweetish-bitter taste.1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 186 A sweetish-sourish smell.

Derivatives

ˈsweetishness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [noun] > sweetishness

sweetishness1752

1752 G. Berkeley Further Thoughts Tar-water in Wks. (1784) II. 645 A fade sweetishness, offensive to the palate.

1831 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 8 A peculiar sort o' wersh fuzionless nonsense that's gotten a sweaty sweetishness aboot it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sweetish
释义	sweetishadj. Brit. /ˈswiːtɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈswidɪʃ/ Etymology: < sweet adj. + -ish suffix¹. Somewhat or slightly sweet. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] > sweetish sweetish1580 amabile1974 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adverb] > sweetishly sweetish1580 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Douceastre, sweetish. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiv. vi. 414 Sweetish they be, and yet otherwhiles they have an unripe and harsh rellish of the wood. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iv. i. 354 It becomes sweetish, and makes no Effervescence upon the injection of the Chalk. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 56 If the acid becomes a little sweetish, Lead is certainly mixed with the Mercury. 1803 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 1 69 A lake of sweetish water, much frequented by water fowl. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. ii. 626 When the odor [of the breath] is sickly sweetish, we may conclude the lungs are out of order. 1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy iii. 151 A grandiloquent poem, stately and sweetish, full of gods, goddesses, and little chubby Cupids. advb.1864 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 2) 256 Of a sweetish-bitter taste.1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 186 A sweetish-sourish smell. Derivatives ˈsweetishness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [noun] > sweetishness sweetishness1752 1752 G. Berkeley Further Thoughts Tar-water in Wks. (1784) II. 645 A fade sweetishness, offensive to the palate. 1831 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 8 A peculiar sort o' wersh fuzionless nonsense that's gotten a sweaty sweetishness aboot it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1580
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