"suavity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: suavities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English suavyte, suavite, suavitee, from Middle French suavité and its etymon Latin suāvitas. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|suavyte}} Middle English suavyte, {{m|enm|suavite}} suavite, {{m|enm|suavitee}} suavitee, {{der|en|frm|suavité}} Middle French suavité, {{der|en|la|suāvitas}} Latin suāvitas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} suavity (countable and uncountable, plural suavities)
  1. The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; pleasantness Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (-The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind): hoflijkheid [feminine] (Dutch), courtoisie [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-suavity-en-noun-0QWQJY-X Disambiguation of '-The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind': 99 1
  2. (obsolete) Sweetness or agreeableness to the senses, especially of taste and odour. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-suavity-en-noun-yCr~sUDz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: suaveness, blandness

Inflected forms

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