Definition of Oversweet

1. Adjective. Too sweet; excessively sweet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oversweet

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversweet

oversupping
oversupplied
oversupplies
oversupply
oversupplying
oversups
oversure
oversuspicious
overswam
overswarm
overswarmed
overswarming
overswarms
oversway
oversways
oversweet (current term)
oversweeten
oversweetened
oversweetening
oversweetens
oversweetness
oversweetnesses
overswell
overswelled
overswelling
overswells
overswim
overswims
overswing
overswinging

Literary usage of Oversweet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1867)
"... the oversweet moon of honey changes itself into long years of vinegar ... in such oversweet manner; and has, most thoughtlessly, to celebrate the ..."

2. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James (1902)
"The luscious innuendo of it, almost startling, lingered in the room, after the visitors had gone, like an oversweet fragrance. But left alone with Mrs. ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"... with dusty feet, A man fresh from his Maker's hand, A singer singing oversweet, A charmer charming very wise; And then all men shall not be dumb— Nay, ..."

4. Lectures on Literature by Columbia University (1911)
"... toward pastoral subjects, the outcome was a deluge of madrigals, canzonette, and sonnets, empty of thought and of sentiment, nerveless, oversweet, and, ..."

5. Virgil by Virgil, Henry Rushton Fairclough (1918)
"... that thou wouldst seek more warily to entrust thyself to cruel Mars ! Well knew I how strong was the fresh glory of arms and the oversweet ..."

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