sweets

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Noun

sweets

  1. plural of sweet

Noun

sweets pl (plural only)

  1. Confectionery, candy.
  2. (slang) drugs, amphetamine
  3. flowers, sweet-scented.
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 239:
      Sweets to the sweet! Farewell.
      She scatters flowers
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. , volume I, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 259:
      ...she dropped the flowers which Evelyn had given her. Before she even perceived her loss, the King had picked them up, and was about to give them to her, when he perceived the note, and also observed that the seal was yet unbroken. "Mademoiselle has not had time to read a letter so surrounded by sweets—pray use no ceremony."

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Descendants

  • → Japanese: スイーツ

Translations

Noun

sweets (plural sweets)

  1. A term of endearment; sweetheart.
    I miss you, sweets.

Verb

sweets

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sweet

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