sweetmeat

[ sweet-meet ]
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noun
  1. Archaic. a sweet delicacy, as a candy or candied fruit, or, originally, a cake or pastry.

Origin of sweetmeat

1
First recorded before 1150; Old English swētmete, swōmete “delicacy” (not recorded in Middle English ); see sweet, meat

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How to use sweetmeat in a sentence

  • Forbes laughed at the spectacle of a big, rich man pouting like a reluctant child against having a sweetmeat forced on him.

    What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for sweetmeat

sweetmeat

/ (ˈswiːtˌmiːt) /


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

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