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dulce.

Sweet.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/dʌls/
  1. Sweet.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Either a learned borrowing from Classical Latin dulcis or an alteration of earlier douce (from Middle English douce, from Old French douz, douce) after it. Doublet of dolce, douce, and doux.

noun/dʌls/
  1. Sweetness.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Partly a learned borrowing from Classical Latin dulce, use as noun of neuter of dulcis, and partly from the adjective (etymology 1).

noun/dʌls/
  1. Something sweet; a sweetmeat.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Spanish dulce (“sweetmeat”), use as noun of the adjective.

verb/dʌls/
  1. To sweeten or soothe.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English doucen, from the adjective (etymology 1).

noun/dʌls/
  1. Alternative form of dulse.

    alt-of · alternative · countable · uncountable
  2. seaweed; kelp

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Alteration of dulse.

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