sweetmeat

American  

[sweet-meet] / ˈswitˌmit /

noun

1. Archaic. a sweet delicacy, as a candy or candied fruit, or, originally, a cake or pastry.

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sweetmeat British  

/ ˈswiːtˌmiːt /

noun

1. a sweetened delicacy, such as a preserve, sweet, or, formerly, a cake or pastry

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Etymology

Origin of sweetmeat

First recorded before 1150; Old English swētmete, swōmete “delicacy” (not recorded in Middle English ); see sweet, meat

Example Sentences

Up to the blackout, The Sweetmeat Saga offers the pleasure of seeing a minor talent at the top of his form.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then a friend introduced him to what FitzGerald dubbed "the Sweetmeat, Childish, Oriental World" of the Persian language.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Haláwah"=sweetmeat, meaning an entertainment such as men give to their friends after sickness or a journey. it is technically called as above, "The Sweetmeat of Safety."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

A man, however, can at any rate be regulated, and, at need, "run in," which it seems that the Automatic Cigarette and Sweetmeat Machines now so much in vogue cannot.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 by Various

The Jelly of this kind, in the Glasses, may be serv'd as a Sweetmeat in a Desert.

From The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm by Bradley, Richard

Related Words

• candy
• chocolate
• confection
• dessert
• snack