doux

[ doo ]

adjective

1. (of champagne) very sweet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of doux¹

1940–45; < French < Latin dulcis savory, sweet

Example Sentences

Raymond Depardon: Un Moment Si Doux is on display at Grand Palais, Paris until February 10, 2014.

From The Daily Beast

The billets-doux Petraeus sent to his paramour-cum-biographer on an unencrypted Gmail account!

From The Daily Beast

Sir Philip was actually reading Miss Luttridge's billet-doux aloud when the black entered the library.

From Project Gutenberg

Judge of her talents for the game by this instance:—she hid her billet-doux within the lining of Juba's collar.

From Project Gutenberg

This language is a murmur interrupted by subdued hisses,'—'un murmure entre-coupé de sifflements doux.'

From Project Gutenberg

He even composed the billets-doux which the illiterate lover sent to his inamorata.

From Project Gutenberg

My dear boys almost daily exchange billet-doux with mother, since their absence of a week at a time from home.

From Project Gutenberg