sweeting

American  

[swee-ting] / ˈswi tɪŋ /

noun

1. a sweet variety of apple.

2. Archaic. sweetheart.

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sweeting British  

/ ˈswiːtɪŋ /

noun

1. a variety of sweet apple

2. an archaic word for sweetheart

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Etymology

Origin of sweeting

First recorded in 1250–1300, and in 1520–40 sweeting for def. 1; from Middle English sweting, suetyng; see origin at sweet, -ing ³

Example Sentences

Trip no further, pretty sweeting; journeys end in lovers meeting...

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

When I presented myself to the group awaiting me under the big sweeting, a low, but fervent, groan of admiration broke forth as from one breast.

From When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Harland, Marion

There on the shelf were the cedar piggins, scoured clean with white sand from the creek, one for spice, one for rendering, one for sweeting.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine

My little pretty sweeting, My sweeting will I love wherever I go: She is so proper and pure, Full steadfast, stable, and demure, There is none such, you may be sure, As my sweet sweeting.

From Tudor and Stuart Love Songs by Briscoe, John Potter

In all this world, as thinketh me, Is none so pleasant to my eye, That I am glad so oft to see As my sweet sweeting.

From Tudor and Stuart Love Songs by Briscoe, John Potter