sweeting

Pluralsweetings

1. 1
   nounobsolete

   A dearly loved person, like a sweetheart.

   Like calling someone "honey" or "sweetheart."

   Come sit by me, sweeting, and tell me of your day.

   Trip no further, pretty sweeting.

   c. 1601, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”Here, sweeting means sweetheart, a loving name for someone dear.

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2. 2
   nounobsolete

   A kind of apple that tastes sweet.

   She bit into a juicy sweeting straight from the tree.

   Thy wit is a very Bitter-ſweeting, / It is a moſt ſharpe ſawce.

   c. 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”Here, sweeting means a sweet apple, so a bitter-sweeting is a bitter sweet apple.

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3. 3
   verbarchaic

   Present participle of sweet. An old word: today people say sweetening.

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