English Explanatory Dictionary

sweetness and light

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That which is good, pleasant, pure, etc.

Pronunciation

/ˌswiːtnəs n̩ ˈlaɪt/ /ˌswitnəs n̩ ˈlaɪt/ En-au-sweetness and light.ogg

Word forms

sweetness and light

Etymology

First used by the Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) in A Full and True Account of the Battel Fought Last Friday, between the Antient and the Modern Books in St. James’s Library, known as “The Battle of the Books”, which was originally published in A Tale of a Tub (1704): see the quotation.

Related words

sunshine and rainbows
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