sweetness and light

sweetness and light

noun

Definition of SWEETNESS AND LIGHT

1

: a harmonious combination of beauty and enlightenment viewed as a hallmark of culture

2

a : amiable reasonableness of disposition <they were all sweetness and light> b : an untroubled or harmonious state or condition <but all was not sweetness and light>

First Known Use of SWEETNESS AND LIGHT

1869

Rhymes with SWEETNESS AND LIGHT

adipocyte, alexandrite, amazonite, amoebocyte, amyl nitrite, anthophyllite, anti-Semite, butyl nitrite, cosmopolite, dermatophyte, electrolyte, embryophyte, exurbanite, gemütlichkeit, Gibeonite, Gileadite, go fly a kite, hermaphrodite, idiot light, Indo-Hittite, McCarthyite, meteorite, Michiganite, Midianite, multipartite, New Hampshirite, New Jerseyite, potato blight, property right, quadripartite, Rhode Island White, spermatocyte, substantive right, suburbanite, theodolite, Turkish delight, Wyomingite