sweetmeatn.

Brit.

/ˈswiːtmiːt/, U.S.

/ˈswitˌmit/

Etymology: See sweet adj. and meat n. Compare Old English swétmettas, swótmettas delicacies.

Now chiefly archaic.

1. collective plural (and †singular) †Sweet food, as sugared cakes or pastry, confectionary (obsolete); preserved or candied fruits, sugared nuts, etc.; also, globules, lozenges, ‘drops,’ or ‘sticks’ made of sugar with fruit or other flavouring or filling; singular one of these.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun]

confection1393

sweetmeat?a1500

junkery1509

conceit1525

banqueta1533

junketry1599

sweet1660

spice1674

knick-knack1682

confectionery1769

confiture1802

candy?1809

knick-knackery1813

mithai1824

dulce1834

sweet-stuff1835

bouchées1846

ket1979

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun]

sweetmeat?a1500

candy1587

spice1674

lollipop1784

sweet-stuff1835

goody1853

sucks1858

pogey bait1918

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet

dredgec1350

confection1393

sugar-meat1586

trinket1587

confectionary1599

soot-meat1614

dulcid1694

sweetie1721

goody-goody1745

bon-bon1796

confiture1802

candy?1809

sweetmeat1812

sucker1823

dulce1834

lokum1845

goody1847

sweet1851

dragée1853

lolly1854

?a1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 143 I knowe that in thy childehoode Thou wylte for sweete meate loke.

a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 420 in Poems (1981) 124 The sweit meitis seruit in plaittis clene With saipheron sals of ane gude sessoun.

1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao v. ii. 9 Giue him some sweete meates.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 76 Their breathes with sweet meats tainted are.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §756 Teeth are much hurt by Sweet~meats.

1640 A. Rigby in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1721) I. 129 Or, like little Children, when we have been whipt and beaten, be pleased again with Sweetmeats.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 489 Nor [is it] lawful for any of us to eat Sweet-Meats or delicious Tarts, after we have eaten sufficiently of other simple & natural Food.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1677 (1955) IV. 115 To the Towne-house, where they presented us a noble Collation of dried Sweetemeates & Wine.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 51. ⁋6 She should be ashamed to set before company..sweetmeats of so dark a colour as she had often seen at Mistress Sprightly's.

1812 P. B. Shelley Devil's Walk xiv Tired, [he] gives his sweetmeat, and again Cries for it, like a humoured boy.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 76 Here were ‘sweetmeats’, i.e. preserved plums.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Sweetmeats, a general name for succades; fruits preserved in sugar, and confectionery articles made of sugar.

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. i. 8 You eat heaps of sweetmeats. You take too much tea, too much ice, too much soup, too much wine!

figurative.1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 49 This is Satan's sweet-meat to make Sinners like filthy dogs.1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xvii. 168 Gandish was always handing him sweetmeats of compliments.

2. A varnish, consisting principally of linseed oil, used in the preparation of patent leather.

ΚΠ

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1636/2 The interior only being treated with the sweetmeat, as the lacquer is technically termed.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as sweetmeat glass, sweetmeat pan, sweetmeat pot, sweetmeat shop, sweetmeat spoon; sweetmeat-seller.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of sweets

confectioner1591

tragematopolist1656

candy man1835

sweetmeat-seller1895

1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 448 One sweetmeat pan, with a skimmer.

1705 London Gaz. No. 4104/4 2 Sweet-meat Spoons forked.

1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper viii. 202 Put it into flat Sweetmeat Pots, and tie it down with Brandy Paper.

1857 Househ. Words 10 Oct. 338/1 I see a sweetmeat shop.

1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 92 It was the wife of the sweetmeat-seller.

1897 A. Hartshorne Old Eng. Glasses xviii. 299 The bowls of the cut sweetmeat glasses have the edges engrailed, vandycked, or faceted.

1971 Country Life 9 Sept. 639/2 Exquisite sweetmeat glasses with elaborately cut bowls and sturdy facet-cut stems were made between 1740 and the 1780s.

Derivatives

sweetmeat v. (transitive) to furnish with sweetmeats.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1764 H. Walpole Let. to Earl of Hertford 24 Feb. The fairies had so improved upon it, had so be-garlanded, so sweetmeated, and so desserted it [sc. a supper-room], that it looked like a vision.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sweetmeat
释义	sweetmeatn. Brit. /ˈswiːtmiːt/, U.S. /ˈswitˌmit/ Etymology: See sweet adj. and meat n. Compare Old English swétmettas, swótmettas delicacies. Now chiefly archaic. 1. collective plural (and †singular) †Sweet food, as sugared cakes or pastry, confectionary (obsolete); preserved or candied fruits, sugared nuts, etc.; also, globules, lozenges, ‘drops,’ or ‘sticks’ made of sugar with fruit or other flavouring or filling; singular one of these. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] confection1393 sweetmeat?a1500 junkery1509 conceit1525 banqueta1533 junketry1599 sweet1660 spice1674 knick-knack1682 confectionery1769 confiture1802 candy?1809 knick-knackery1813 mithai1824 dulce1834 sweet-stuff1835 bouchées1846 ket1979 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] sweetmeat?a1500 candy1587 spice1674 lollipop1784 sweet-stuff1835 goody1853 sucks1858 pogey bait1918 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet dredgec1350 confection1393 sugar-meat1586 trinket1587 confectionary1599 soot-meat1614 dulcid1694 sweetie1721 goody-goody1745 bon-bon1796 confiture1802 candy?1809 sweetmeat1812 sucker1823 dulce1834 lokum1845 goody1847 sweet1851 dragée1853 lolly1854 ?a1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 143 I knowe that in thy childehoode Thou wylte for sweete meate loke. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 420 in Poems (1981) 124 The sweit meitis seruit in plaittis clene With saipheron sals of ane gude sessoun. 1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao v. ii. 9 Giue him some sweete meates. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 76 Their breathes with sweet meats tainted are. View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §756 Teeth are much hurt by Sweet~meats. 1640 A. Rigby in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1721) I. 129 Or, like little Children, when we have been whipt and beaten, be pleased again with Sweetmeats. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 489 Nor [is it] lawful for any of us to eat Sweet-Meats or delicious Tarts, after we have eaten sufficiently of other simple & natural Food. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1677 (1955) IV. 115 To the Towne-house, where they presented us a noble Collation of dried Sweetemeates & Wine. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 51. ⁋6 She should be ashamed to set before company..sweetmeats of so dark a colour as she had often seen at Mistress Sprightly's. 1812 P. B. Shelley Devil's Walk xiv Tired, [he] gives his sweetmeat, and again Cries for it, like a humoured boy. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 76 Here were ‘sweetmeats’, i.e. preserved plums. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Sweetmeats, a general name for succades; fruits preserved in sugar, and confectionery articles made of sugar. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. i. 8 You eat heaps of sweetmeats. You take too much tea, too much ice, too much soup, too much wine! figurative.1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 49 This is Satan's sweet-meat to make Sinners like filthy dogs.1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xvii. 168 Gandish was always handing him sweetmeats of compliments. 2. A varnish, consisting principally of linseed oil, used in the preparation of patent leather. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1636/2 The interior only being treated with the sweetmeat, as the lacquer is technically termed. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as sweetmeat glass, sweetmeat pan, sweetmeat pot, sweetmeat shop, sweetmeat spoon; sweetmeat-seller. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of sweets confectioner1591 tragematopolist1656 candy man1835 sweetmeat-seller1895 1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 448 One sweetmeat pan, with a skimmer. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4104/4 2 Sweet-meat Spoons forked. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper viii. 202 Put it into flat Sweetmeat Pots, and tie it down with Brandy Paper. 1857 Househ. Words 10 Oct. 338/1 I see a sweetmeat shop. 1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 92 It was the wife of the sweetmeat-seller. 1897 A. Hartshorne Old Eng. Glasses xviii. 299 The bowls of the cut sweetmeat glasses have the edges engrailed, vandycked, or faceted. 1971 Country Life 9 Sept. 639/2 Exquisite sweetmeat glasses with elaborately cut bowls and sturdy facet-cut stems were made between 1740 and the 1780s. Derivatives sweetmeat v. (transitive) to furnish with sweetmeats.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1764 H. Walpole Let. to Earl of Hertford 24 Feb. The fairies had so improved upon it, had so be-garlanded, so sweetmeated, and so desserted it [sc. a supper-room], that it looked like a vision. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1500
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