From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dulcet \Dul"cet\, adjective [OF. doucet, dim. of dous sweet, F. doux, L. dulcis; akin to Gr. ? . Cf. {Doucet}.]
1. Sweet to the taste; luscious. [Obs.]
She tempers dulcet creams. --Milton.
2. Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious.
Their dainty lays and dulcet melody. --Spenser. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: extremely pleasant in a gentle way; "the most dulcet swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches"
2: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: {honeyed}, {mellifluous}, {mellisonant}, {sweet}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "dulcet": achingly sweet, affable, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, amiable, amicable, appealing, ariose, arioso, blissful, canorous, cantabile, catchy, cheerful, compatible, complaisant, congenial, cordial, desirable, en rapport, engaging, enjoyable, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, fair, fair and pleasant, felicific, felicitous, fine, fine-toned, genial, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed, likable, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, music-flowing, music-like, musical, nice, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, rewarding, rich, satisfying, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, songful, songlike, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, tunable, tuneful, welcome, winning, winsome
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