Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
sweet-talk
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf a person, charming, though often in a manner that is insincere or sophisticated. · Displaying smoothness and sophistication. · Gracious, kind.
From Middle English suave, borrowed from Latin suāvis (“sweet, pleasant”); doublet of sweet. First attested in the early 15th century.
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