suavity

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suavity

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From Middle English suavite, suavitee, suavyte, from Middle French suavité and its etymon Latin suāvitās.

noun suavities

  1. countable, uncountable The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; pleasantness suavity of manners
  2. countable, uncountable The quality of being suave. Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity, There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.

    Similar: suaveness, suavitude

  3. countable, obsolete, uncountable Sweetness or agreeableness to the senses, especially of taste and odour. Whan this ſayd monument diſcouered was / Suche a ſuauite and fragrant odoure / Aſcended from the corps by ſingular grace / Paſſyng all worldly ſwetnes and ſauour / That all there present that day and hour / Suppoſed they had ben / in the felicite / Of erthely paradiſe / without ambiguite.

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noun the quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind

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@misc{suavity_2026,
  title = {suavity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suavity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}