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sour-sweet, a. and n.
[f. the adjs.]
A. adj. Sweet with an admixture or aftertaste of sourness. Also fig.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. v. 279 The Scolopendra have suckt-in The sowr-sweet morsell with the barded Pin. 1601Markham Mary Magd. Lament. Pref. 18 They cannot sigh..With contrite minds such soure-sweete throbs to stain. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Bitter-sweet ii, All my sowre-sweet dayes I will lament, and love. 1859Meredith R. Feverel xxxviii, ‘A choice of evils,’ said Mrs. Doria's sour-sweet face and shake of the head. 1871Kingsley At Last x, He..peels carefully off the skin,..and eats the sour-sweet refreshing pulp.
B. n. Something which is sour-sweet; spec. an acid sweetmeat.
1603J. Davies (Heref.) Microcosmos Wks. (Grosart) I. 42/2 Sinne's sowre-Sweetes do fleete To make the Mind abhorre her former lust. 1612― Muse's Sacrifice Ibid. II. 83/1 My Proheme is a Feast, Whereat my Muse doth surfet with sowre-sweetes. 1896Ackworth Clog Shop Chron. 227 When Ben had taken his seat, and given a sour-sweet to each of the children. |