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• sweety

From sweet + -ie.

• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈswiːti/
• (US) IPA(key): /ˈswi.ti/
• Rhymes: -iːti

sweetie (plural sweeties)

1. (often as a term of address) A person who is much loved.
   Synonyms: honey, sweetheart, sweetie pie
   • 2022 April 8, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 1493 - Everyday:
     "But... Do you feel better now?" "Much better, sweetie, thank you. Now I get to be a girl everyday."[_sic_]
2. A sweetheart.
3. A fruit that is a crossbreed between a grapefruit and a pomelo, originating in Israel.
   Synonym: oroblanco
4. (childish, UK) A sweet; a candy.
   Can I have a box of sweeties for being a good boy?

• → Kashubian: switus (Canada, United States)

Unadapted borrowing from English sweetie.

sweetie (plural **sweetie dem, quantified **sweetie)

1. sweetie
   • 2010 March 10, “Grab Up Yuh Crotches” (track 12), in Remedy Riddim‎[1], performed by Vybz Kartel:
     She love sweetie, she know weh di lollipop is
     She loves (to eat) sweeties, she knows where the lollipop is.