sweetsome

sweetsome

English

Etymology

From sweet +‎ -some.

Adjective

sweetsome (comparative more sweetsome, superlative most sweetsome)

1. Marked by sweetness; characteristically sweet
   • 1985, Hal Cannon, Cowboy Poetry:

     So now Jack rode a hundred miles, a-sweatin' with the thought Of sweetsome words to ask her with, the way a feller ought: "I'm just a humble cowhand, Miss Cordie, if you please, That hereby asks your heart and hand upon my bended knees!

   • 1997, Terry C. Johnston, Carry the Wind:

     "Try 'em. Might be the thing for your sweetsome tooth.”

   • 2002, Trevor Carolan, Celtic Highway:

     Woke after sweetsome all-night dreams, / Son House death letter blues / rockin' my skullbone through the wee-est hours.

   • 2014, Yon Ethraim Fearshaker, Book of Short Stories:

     There poppies bloom in all the dell / To perfume the air in sweetsome smell / To the song of Shirley Seed.