sweetie

[ swee-tee ]
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noun
  1. Informal. sweetheart.

  2. Usually sweeties. British. candy; sweets.

Origin of sweetie

1
First recorded in 1695–1705; sweet + -ie

Words Nearby sweetie

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How to use sweetie in a sentence

  • But this little one with her head on my chest is such a sweetie!

    The Cozy Lion | Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • He spoke so sadly when he said he had no children of his own, that sweetie could not refuse to go.

British Dictionary definitions for sweetie

sweetie

/ (ˈswiːtɪ) /


nouninformal
  1. sweetheart; darling: used as a term of endearment

  2. British another word for sweet (def. 20)

  1. mainly British an endearing person

  2. a large seedless variety of grapefruit which has a green to yellow rind and juicy sweet pulp

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