"birdsweet" meaning in English

See birdsweet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more birdsweet [comparative], most birdsweet [superlative]
Etymology: From bird + sweet. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bird|sweet}} bird + sweet Head templates: {{en-adj}} birdsweet (comparative more birdsweet, superlative most birdsweet)
  1. (poetic, rare) Sweet-sounding, dulcet, as of birdsong Tags: poetic, rare Synonyms: mellifluous
    Sense id: en-birdsweet-en-adj-Jb23USrO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "He capered before them down towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury's hat quivering in the fresh wind that bore back to them his brief birdsweet cries.",
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          "ref": "2009, Ben Gehrels, “The Lovesong of Mr. Charles Faxa”, in The Writer's Block, number 2, page 8:",
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