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  • 111Sweetest — Sweet Sweet, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te, OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s[ u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr, s[oe]tr, Sw. s[ o]t, Dan. s[ o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for… …

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  • 112To be sweet on — Sweet Sweet, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te, OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s[ u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr, s[oe]tr, Sw. s[ o]t, Dan. s[ o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for… …

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  • 113dolce — adjective or adverb Etymology: Italian, literally, sweet, from Latin dulcis more at dulcet Date: circa 1847 soft, smooth used as a direction in music …

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  • 114douce — adjective Etymology: Middle English, sweet, pleasant, from Anglo French, from feminine of duz, douz, from Latin dulcis sweet more at dulcet Date: 1721 chiefly Scottish sober, sedate < the douce faces of the mourners L. J. A. Bell > • doucely …

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  • 115glucose — noun Etymology: French, modification of Greek gleukos must, sweet wine; akin to Greek glykys sweet more at dulcet Date: 1840 1. a crystalline sugar C6H12O6; specifically the sweet colorless soluble dextrorotatory form that occurs widely in nature …

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  • 116licorice — noun Etymology: Middle English licorice, from Anglo French licoris, from Late Latin liquiritia, alteration of Latin glycyrrhiza, from Greek glykyrrhiza, from glykys sweet + rhiza root more at dulcet, root Date: 13th century 1. a. the dried root&#8230; …

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  • 117silver — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English seolfor; akin to Old High German silbar silver, Lithuanian sidabras Date: before 12th century 1. a white ductile very malleable metallic element that is capable of a high degree of polish, is&#8230; …

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  • 118dulcetly — adverb see dulcet …

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  • 119Ernest Thayer — Ernest Lawrence Thayer (August 14, 1863 August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote Casey at the Bat .Thayer was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and raised in Worcester. He graduated magna cum laude in philosophy from Harvard in&#8230; …

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  • 120John Milton — For other people named John Milton, see John Milton (disambiguation). John Milton Portrait of John Milton in National Portrait Gallery, London c. 1629. Unknown artist (detail) Born 9 December 1608(1608 12 09) Bread Street …

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