English edit

Etymology edit

From sweet +‎ -some.

Adjective edit

sweetsome (comparative more sweetsome, superlative most sweetsome)

  1. Marked by sweetness; characteristically sweet
    • 1985, Hal Cannon, Cowboy Poetry:
      So now Jack rode a hundred miles, a-sweatin' with the thought Of sweetsome words to ask her with, the way a feller ought: "I'm just a humble cowhand, Miss Cordie, if you please, That hereby asks your heart and hand upon my bended knees!
    • 1997, Terry C. Johnston, Carry the Wind:
      "Try 'em. Might be the thing for your sweetsome tooth.”
    • 2002, Trevor Carolan, Celtic Highway:
      Woke after sweetsome all-night dreams, / Son House death letter blues / rockin' my skullbone through the wee-est hours.
    • 2014, Yon Ethraim Fearshaker, Book of Short Stories:
      There poppies bloom in all the dell / To perfume the air in sweetsome smell / To the song of Shirley Seed.