sweetmeat

/ˈswiːtmiːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

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noun

noun

Informal

"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."
"“Hey, sweetmeat, where you been?” Farrengalli hollered."

From Middle English swete-mete, from Old English swete mete. By surface analysis, sweet + meat (“food”).

sweetmeats (plural) sweatmeat (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

How do you pronounce sweetmeat?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈswiːtmiːt/.

What does sweetmeat mean?

A sweet delicacy; a confection.

Where does sweetmeat come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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