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語源

From 中期英語 swete-mete, from 古期英語 swete mete. By surface analysis, sweet +‎ meat (“food”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈswiːtmiːt/

名詞

sweetmeat (plural sweetmeats)

1. A sweet delicacy; a confection.
   • 1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 119:

     At the principal stations there are also separate Hindu and Mohemmedan refreshment rooms, and some mail trains have compartments reserved for Indian tea and sweetmeat vendors.

2. (informal) Sweetheart; darling.
   • 2010, Scott Nicholson, The Gorge:

     “Hey, sweetmeat, where you been?” Farrengalli hollered.

参照

• “sweetmeat”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.