Sweet

Morpheme

Sweet

Type

free base

Denotation

agreeable, pleasant, tasting of sugar

Etymology

Middle English swete; Old English swēte

Evidence

bittersweet, meadowsweet, semisweet, sweet, sweeten, sweetened, sweetener, sweetening, sweetens, sweeter, sweetest, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetish, sweetkin, sweetly, sweetmeat, sweetness, sweetroot, sweets, sweetshop, sweetsop, Sweetwater, unsweet

Doublet

Suave

See Also

Suave