What does dulceous mean?
Dulceous means (rare) Sweet..
Dulceous
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
(rare) Sweet..
Example Sentences
A Gustation is the Sence of tasting, which proceeds from the Instrument of the Tongue, and Pallate; now there are several sorts of tasts: as, / The Sapious, or Sapitious, or Savoury taste; is when the Sense is pleased and delighted therewith: as in eating ripe fruit. / The Dulceous, Luscious, or sweet tast; as in Hony.
Fruits are divided, in respect of their taſte, into the acid-dulceous, the aqueo-dulceous, the aſtringent, and the oily.
Fenc’d by her naval hoſts, that ride / Triumphant o’er the circling tide, / Britannia jocund pours the feſtive lay, / And hails with dulceous voice her George’s natal day.
Tagore’s voice was deep, resonant, vibrant over a long range, and dulceous like the tingling of silver bells.
drink THAT dulceous devotion / from THE DEVotion incarnate / oozing from the name-form / healing the dullness of tasting love
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Word Forms
- more dulceous
- most dulceous
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A Gustation is the Sence of tasting, which proceeds from the Instrument of the Tongue, and Pallate; now there are several sorts of tasts: as, / The Sapious, or Sapitious, or Savoury taste; is when the Sense is pleased and delighted therewith: as in eating ripe fruit. / The Dulceous, Luscious, or sweet tast; as in Hony.
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