sweetness and light
That which is good, pleasant, pure, etcThat which is good, pleasant, pure, etc.
/ˌswiːtnəs n̩ ˈlaɪt/
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, uncountable)That which is good, pleasant, pure, etc.
More definitions
- a mild reasonableness
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
First used by the Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) in A Full and True AccountFirst used by the Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) in A Full and True Account of the Battel Fought Last Friday, between the Antient and the Modern Books in St. James’s Library, known as “The Battle of the Books”, which was originally published in A Tale of a Tub (1704): see the quotation.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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