adj
Meaning 1
Involving or resembling honey.
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adj
Involving or resembling honey.
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adj
Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like most types of honey.
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adj
Honey-sweet.
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name
A surname.
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noun
A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
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noun
A variety of this substance.
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noun
Nectar.
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noun
Something sweet or desirable.
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noun
A term of affection.
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noun
A woman, especially an attractive one.
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noun
A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
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noun
Precum; pre-ejaculate.
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verb
To sweeten; to make agreeable.
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verb
To add honey to.
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verb
To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
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verb
To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
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adjective satellite
of something having the color of honey
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noun
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
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Broader terms: sweetening, sweetener
noun
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
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Synonyms: beloved, dear, dearest, love
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Broader terms: lover
verb
sweeten with honey
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Broader terms: sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate
History
From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą (compare Saterland Frisian Hunich, West Frisian hunich, German Low German Honnig, German Honig), from earlier *hunangą (compare North Frisian honning, hönning, West Frisian huning, Dutch honing, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk honning, Swedish honung, Faroese hunangur, Icelandic hunang), from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h2onk-o-s, from *kn̥h2ónks. Cognate with Middle Welsh canecon (“gold”), Latin canicae pl (“bran”), Tocharian B kronkśe (“bee”), Albanian qengjë (“beehive”), Ancient Greek κνῆκος (knêkos, “safflower”), Northern Kurdish şan (“beehive”), Northern Luri گونج (gonj, “bee”), Finnish hunaja.
Across languages
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