sweetmeat

[ sweet-meet ]

noun

1. Archaic. a sweet delicacy, as a candy or candied fruit, or, originally, a cake or pastry.

sweetmeat

/ ˈswiːtˌmiːt /

noun

1. a sweetened delicacy, such as a preserve, sweet, or, formerly, a cake or pastry

Word History and Origins

Origin of sweetmeat¹

First recorded before 1150; Old English swētmete, swōmete “delicacy” (not recorded in Middle English ); sweet, meat

Example Sentences

When bits of sweetmeat lodged in the teeth, the sucket fork doubled as a nifty toothpick.

From The Daily Beast

Most of these here are munching sweetmeats; they love them as children do, and the sweetmeat-seller never lacks trade.

From Project Gutenberg

Then we see a sweetmeat shop with a crowd outside and a cloud of flies bearing them company.

From Project Gutenberg

Did you ever consider that the only sweetmeat our forefathers had for thousands of years was wild honey?

From Project Gutenberg

She had made the sweetmeat herself, and had earned the money to buy a half-dozen tumblers, by braiding rugs for Mrs. Parshley.

From Project Gutenberg

Forbes laughed at the spectacle of a big, rich man pouting like a reluctant child against having a sweetmeat forced on him.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• candy
• chocolate
• confection
• dessert
• snack