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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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mulse
English
Etymology
Latin mulsum (vinum), from mulsus (“mixed with honey, honey-sweet”), past participle of mulcere (“sweeten, soften”).
Noun
mulse (uncountable)
- Wine boiled and mixed with honey.
Anagrams
- Lemus, Mules, mules
Latin
Participle
mulse
- vocative masculine singular of mulsus
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