dulceness
nounEtymology From dulce + -ness. Piecewise doublet of douceness.
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Obsolete Sweetness.
- But above all, in this righting and helping of a man's self in his own carriage, he must take heed he shew not himself dismantled, and exposed to scorn and injury, by too much dulceness, goodness, and facility of nature;1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC: