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honey
English
Alternative forms
- hunny
Etymology
From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huni?, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunag? (compare West Frisian hunich, German Honig), from earlier *hunang? (compare Swedish honung), from Proto-Indo-European *kn?h?onk-o-s, from *kn?h?ónks. Cognate with Middle Welsh canecon (“gold”), Latin canicae pl (“bran”), Tocharian B kronk?e (“bee”), Albanian qengjë (“beehive”), Ancient Greek ?????? (knêkos, “safflower”), Northern Kurdish ?an (“beehive”), Northern Luri ????? (gonj, “Bee”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?ni/
- Rhymes: -?ni
- Hyphenation: hon?ey
Noun
honey (usually uncountable, plural honeys)
- (uncountable) A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.
- (countable) A variety of this substance.
- (rare) Nectar.
- (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3, lines 91–93:
- O my love, my wife! / Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath / Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3, lines 91–93:
- A term of affection.
- (countable, informal) A woman, especially an attractive one.
- A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
Synonyms
- (sweet fluid from bees): mel
- (term of affection): darling, sweetie, see also Thesaurus:sweetheart
Hypernyms
- food
Hyponyms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: oni
Translations
Adjective
honey (not comparable)
- Involving or resembling honey.
- 1599 William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 1, scene 2:
- So work the honey-bees, / Creatures that by a rule in nature teach / The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
- 1599 William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 1, scene 2:
- Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like most types of honey.
Translations
Verb
honey (third-person singular simple present honeys, present participle honeying, simple past and past participle honeyed)
- (transitive) To sweeten; to make agreeable.
- (intransitive) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
- (intransitive) To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- Appendix:Colors
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bunny
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?b?ni/
- Rhymes: -?ni
- Hyphenation: bun?ny
Etymology 1
From bun (“rabbit”) +? -y, though its ultimate origin is unknown. Together with rabbit, bunny has largely displaced its rhyme cony.
Noun
bunny (plural bunnies)
- A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
- A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
- (sports) In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
bunny (comparative bunnier, superlative bunniest)
- (skiing) Easy or unchallenging.
- Let’s start on the bunny slope.
Synonyms
- (easy or unchallenging): nursery
Etymology 2
From Middle English bony, boni (“swelling, tumor”), from Old French bugne, buigne (“swelling, lump”), from Old Frankish *bungjo (“swelling, bump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”). More at bunion, bunch.
Alternative forms
- bunney, bonie
Noun
bunny (plural bunnies)
- (Britain dialectal) A swelling from a blow; a bump.
- (mining) A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
Etymology 3
From Middle English bune (“hollow stalk or stem, drinking straw”), from Old English bune (“cup, beaker, drinking vessel; reed, cane”), of unknown origin. Related to English bun, boon (“the stalk of flax or hemp less the fibre”), Scots bune, boon, been, see bun, boon. Compare also bunweed.
Noun
bunny (plural bunnies)
- (Britain dialectal) A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
- (Britain dialectal) A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea.
- 1983, Geoffrey Morley, Smuggling in Hampshire and Dorset, 1700-1850 (page 72)
- Friar's Cliff and Highcliffe have always been what the second name suggests: cliffs too high to scale easily and with no convenient bunnies, chines or combes.
- 1983, Geoffrey Morley, Smuggling in Hampshire and Dorset, 1700-1850 (page 72)
- (Britain dialectal) Any small drain or culvert.
- (Britain dialectal) A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over.
- (Britain dialectal) A small pool of water.
Etymology 4
Noun
bunny (plural bunnies)
- (South Africa) Bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry.
Etymology 5
From bun (“small bread roll”) +? -y.
Adjective
bunny (comparative more bunny or bunnier, superlative most bunny or bunniest)
- (rare, humorous) Resembling a bun (small bread roll). [since the 1960s, but always rare]
Synonyms
- (resembling a bun): bunlike
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