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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sweetness",
"word": "bitterness"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sweetness",
"word": "sourness"
}
],
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{
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"word": "sweetness and light"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "swetnes"
},
"expansion": "Middle English swetnes",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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},
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{
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"2": "ang",
"3": "swētnes",
"t": "sweetness"
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{
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*swōtinassī",
"t": "sweetness"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "sweet",
"3": "-ness"
},
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"name": "suf"
},
{
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"1": "fy",
"2": "swietens",
"t": "sweetness"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian swietens (“sweetness”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "zoetenis",
"t": "sweetness"
},
"expansion": "Dutch zoetenis (“sweetness”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "swuoznessi"
},
"expansion": "Old High German swuoznessi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "suoznessi",
"t": "sweetness"
},
"expansion": "suoznessi (“sweetness”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English swetnes, swetnesse, from Old English swētnes (“sweetness”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtinassī (“sweetness”), equivalent to sweet + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian swietens (“sweetness”), obsolete Dutch zoetenis (“sweetness”), Old High German swuoznessi, suoznessi (“sweetness”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sweetnesses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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},
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}
],
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"source": "Thesaurus:sweetness",
"word": "five basic tastes"
}
],
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{
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"source": "Thesaurus:sweetness",
"word": "flavour"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"sweet‧ness"
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:sweetness",
"word": "chocolateness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:sweetness",
"word": "syrupiness"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:sweetness",
"word": "sweet"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The condition of being sweet (all senses)."
],
"id": "en-sweetness-en-noun-NIEn2xdS",
"links": [
[
"condition",
"condition#Noun"
],
[
"sweet",
"sweet#Adjective"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "soetheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ëmbëlsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥalāwatun",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حَلَاوَةٌ"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dultseatsã"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dulzura"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "şirinlik"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sladost",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сладост"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dolçor"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiánwèi",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "甜味"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "tatlılıq"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sladkost"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sødme"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zoetheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "dolĉeco"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "makeus"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "frp",
"lang": "Franco-Provençal",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doçor"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dozura"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siṭḳbo",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "სიტკბო"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siṭḳboeba",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "სიტკბოება"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Süßigkeit"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "glýka",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γλύκα"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "glykýtita",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γλυκύτητα"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "glukútēs",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γλυκύτης"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "metikút",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מתיקות"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "édesség"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sætleik"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dolcezza"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"alt": "あまさ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "amasa",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "甘さ"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tättılık",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "тәттілік"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "danmat",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "단맛"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gammi",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "감미"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tattuuluk",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "таттуулук"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dulcēdō"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dulcitās"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dulcitūdō"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dulcor"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mellinia"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suāvitās"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saldums"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "manis"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sødme"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "søthet"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "søtleik"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doçor"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "swētnes"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "słodycz"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doçura"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "dulceață"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sládostʹ",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сла́дость"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "slatkòća"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dulzura"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dulzor"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melosidad"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dulcedumbre"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sötma"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "tatlılıq",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "татлылык"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam-wǎan",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "ความหวาน"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "tatlılık"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "solódkistʹ",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "соло́дкість"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"word": "totlilik"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melyster"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 8 7 2",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "ziskayt",
"sense": "condition of being sweet or sugary",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "זיסקײַט"
}
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A pleasant disposition; kindness."
],
"id": "en-sweetness-en-noun-~~oZ70~r",
"links": [
[
"pleasant",
"pleasant"
],
[
"disposition",
"disposition"
],
[
"kindness",
"kindness"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "soetheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ëmbëlsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "şirinlik"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "laskavost",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ласкавост"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dolçor"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiánměi",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "甜美"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sødme"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zoetheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "amindeco"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "herttaisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dozura"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Süßigkeit"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "kedvesség"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sætleik"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dolcezza"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suavitudo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saldums"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "słodycz"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doçura"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "dulceață"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobrodúšije",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "доброду́шие"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobrotá",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "доброта́"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slatkost"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agradabilidad"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 8 13",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "tatlılık"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness."
],
"id": "en-sweetness-en-noun-x6JIILQI",
"links": [
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "herttaisuus"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dozura"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Süßigkeit"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "kedvesség"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sætleik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dolcezza"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suavitudo"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saldums"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "słodycz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doçura"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "dulceață"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobrodúšije",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "доброду́шие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobrotá",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "доброта́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slatkost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agradabilidad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "pleasant disposition — see also kindness",
"word": "tatlılık"
}
],
"word": "sweetness"
}
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