SWEE'TNESS, n. The quality of being sweet, in any of its senses as gratefulness to the taste or to the smell,fragrance agreeableness to the ear, melody as sweetness of the voice sweetness of elocution.
1. Agreeableness of manners softness mildness obliging civility as sweetness of behavior.
2. Softness mildness amiableness as sweetness of temper.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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