sweetener

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From sweeten + -er (agent suffix).

Such a clearer! such a sweetener! such a softener! such a delicious molifier! — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Herman Melville
‘My cup of happiness’s sweetener,’ said Mantalini, approaching his wife with a penitent air; ‘will you listen to me for two minutes?’ ‘Oh! don’t speak to me,’ replied his wife, sobbing. — Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens
Then Suleiman-bin-Daoud rose up from his seat under the camphor-tree, and stretched his arms and rejoiced and said, ‘O my Lady and Sweetener of my Days, know that if I had made a magic against my Queens for the sake of pride or anger, as I made that feast for all the animals, I should certainly have been put to shame. — Just so stories, Rudyard Kipling

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