sweeting

[ swee-ting ]

/ ˈswi tɪŋ /

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noun

a sweet variety of apple.

Archaic. sweetheart.

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Origin of sweeting

First recorded in 1250–1300, and in 1520–40 for def. 1; from Middle English sweting, suetyng; see origin at sweet, -ing³

Words nearby sweeting

sweetheart contract, sweetheart neckline, sweetie, sweetie pie, sweetiewife, sweeting, sweetish, sweetleaf, sweetman, sweet marjoram, sweet marten

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How to use sweeting in a sentence

Kaley Cuoco engaged to Ryan Sweeting after three months of dating.
Taylor Swift Cast in ‘The Giver,’ Kimmel Laughs at Kanye ‘Rap Feud’|Culture Team|September 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sweeting stands before Greening, holding out her dress while Greening reaches down pepper-pot from dresser.
Christmas Entertainments|Alice Maude Kellogg
Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting: it is a most sharp sauce.
Summer Days in Shakespeare Land|Charles G. Harper
Thomas Carew calls his "sweet sweeting" Celia; her real name is not known.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.

He begs his "sweeting" to lend him her father's shield, but she says it is ill-fated, for her father fell by the spear of Gormar.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
But my sweeting sails three paces to that lubber's two, and if the wind holds we shall have time and to spare.
Sir Nigel|Arthur Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for sweeting

sweeting

/ (ˈswiːtɪŋ) /

noun

a variety of sweet apple

an archaic word for sweetheart

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