Dulcet

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dulcet \Dul"cet\, a. [OF. doucet, dim. of dous sweet, F. doux,
     L. dulcis; akin to Gr. ? . Cf. {Doucet}.]
     1. Sweet to the taste; luscious. [Obs.]
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              She tempers dulcet creams.            --Milton.


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     2. Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious.
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              Their dainty lays and dulcet melody.  --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dulcet
       adj 1: extremely pleasant in a gentle way; "the most dulcet
              swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches"
       2: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: {honeyed},
           {mellifluous}, {mellisonant}, {sweet}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "dulcet":
     achingly sweet, affable, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, amiable,
     amicable, appealing, ariose, arioso, blissful, canorous, cantabile,
     catchy, cheerful, compatible, complaisant, congenial, cordial,
     desirable, en rapport, engaging, enjoyable, euphonic, euphonious,
     euphonous, fair, fair and pleasant, felicific, felicitous, fine,
     fine-toned, genial, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, good,
     goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, harmonious, heart-warming,
     honeyed, likable, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant,
     mellow, melodic, melodious, music-flowing, music-like, musical,
     nice, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, pleasing, pleasurable,
     pleasure-giving, pleasureful, rewarding, rich, satisfying,
     silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable,
     songful, songlike, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding,
     tunable, tuneful, welcome, winning, winsome