semisweetness

semisweetness

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ sweet +‎ -ness

Noun

semisweetness (uncountable)

1. the state or quality of being semisweet.
   • 2005, Bode Miller, Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun, Villard (→ISBN)

     We hoisted each cold, galvie snifter to our moist lips and, if we didn't freeze to it, drank the last half mouthful of semisweetness.

   • 2011, Ruth Ames, Poison Apple #2: This Totally Bites!, Scholastic Inc. (→ISBN), page 92:

     Once gym class rolled around, I knew Mallory's semisweetness wouldn't last.

   • 2018, Amira Makansi, Literary Libations: What to Drink with What You Read, Simon and Schuster (→ISBN)

     Because the vine produces grapes naturally lower in sugar, Muscadine is often fortified with sugar before fermentation and fermented to semisweetness.