dulcet

English
WOTD – 26 July 2009

Etymology

From Middle English doucet, from Old French doucet, from dulz, dulce (“sweet, pleasant”) + diminutive -et, from Latin dulcis (“sweet, pleasant”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈdʌl.sɪt/, /ˈdʌl.sət/
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Adjective

dulcet

  1. Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
  2. Generally pleasing; agreeable.
  3. (archaic) Sweet to the taste.
    • 1667 — John Milton, Paradise Lost Book V
      ...for drink the Grape
      She crushes, inoffensive must, and meads
      From many a berry, and from sweet kernels prest
      She tempers dulcet creams...

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See also

Latin

Verb

dulcet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of dulcō
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