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dulcet

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈdʌl.sɪt/(UK)
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/ˈdʌl.sɪt/(UK) · /ˈdʌl.sət/(UK)

Definition of dulcet

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
    “Her name was Michaela, but the men called her filthy things in dulcet, ingratiating voices, and she giggled with childish joy because she understood no English and thought they were flattering her and making harmless jokes.”
    “Matthew "MattKC" Wong (actor) (2024), 6s from the start, in I ported THOUSANDS of apps to Windows 95: “Ah, yes, the dulcet tones of Windows 95.””
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adj

  1. Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
    “Her name was Michaela, but the men called her filthy things in dulcet, ingratiating voices, and she giggled with childish joy because she understood no English and thought they were flattering her and making harmless jokes.”
    “Matthew "MattKC" Wong (actor) (2024), 6s from the start, in I ported THOUSANDS of apps to Windows 95: “Ah, yes, the dulcet tones of Windows 95.””
  2. Generally pleasing; agreeable.
  3. (archaic)Sweet to the taste.
    “[…]for drink the Grape / She crushes, inoffensive must, and meads / From many a berry, and from sweet kernels prest / She tempers dulcet creams[…]”

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Etymology

From Middle English doucet, from Old French doucet, from dulz, dulce (“sweet, pleasant”) + diminutive -et, from Latin dulcis (“sweet, pleasant”). Cognate with Spanish dulce, French doux, Italian dolce, Portuguese doce, and Romanian dulce. Doublet of dolcetto and doucet.

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