sweetmeat
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sweetmeat
- /ˈswiːtmiːt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English swete-mete, from Old English swete mete. By surface analysis, sweet + meat (“food”).
noun sweetmeats · sweatmeat
- A sweet delicacy; a confection. At the principal stations there are also separate Hindu and Mohemmedan refreshment rooms, and some mail trains have compartments reserved for Indian tea and sweetmeat vendors.
- Sweetheart; darling. “Hey, sweetmeat, where you been?” Farrengalli hollered.
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Talk about this word "sweetmeat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sweetmeat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sweetmeat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sweetmeat "sweetmeat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sweetmeat.Cite this
@misc{sweetmeat_2026,
title = {sweetmeat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sweetmeat},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
