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

Dost know, sweeting, that had it not been for this knave Wardo, no great men nor little would have come upon thee?

From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Kinney, Margaret West

But I will go and see the sweeting, so soon as I may.”

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah

O, stay and hear; your true love's coming,     That can sing both high and low: Trip no further, pretty sweeting; Journeys end in Lovers' meeting,     Every wise man's son doth know.

From A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers by Various

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