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English
Etymology
From bird + sweet.
Adjective
birdsweet (comparative more birdsweet, superlative most birdsweet)
- (poetic, rare) Sweet-sounding, dulcet, as of birdsong
1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, , →OCLC:He capered before them down towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury's hat quivering in the fresh wind that bore back to them his brief birdsweet cries.
1999, Gina Berriault, The Great Petrowski, Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 21:A soprano, her voice was birdsweet and passionate, and she possessed her own lustrous reputation.
2009, Ben Gehrels, “The Lovesong of Mr. Charles Faxa”, in The Writer's Block, number 2, page 8:Speech paused momentarily on Faxa's lips as he pondered her birdsweet notes in smoky silence.
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