sweetling

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noun

A small, sweet thing.

OriginEnglish sweet ← Middle English swete ← Old English swēte →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounsweetling (plural sweetlings)

plural sweetlings

  1. A small, sweet thing.
  2. Darling; sometimes used as a term of endearment.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sweetheart

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂d-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swéh₂dus
  3. Proto-Germanic*swōtuz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*swōtī
  5. Old Englishswēte
  6. Middle Englishswete
  7. Englishsweet
  8. Englishsweetling

From sweet + -ling.

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Cite this entry
APA

sweetling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetling

MLA

“sweetling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweetling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetling.

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