English Explanatory Dictionary

honey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
  2. A variety of this substance.
  3. Nectar.
  4. Something sweet or desirable.
  5. A term of affection.
  6. A woman, especially an attractive one.
  7. A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
  8. Precum; pre-ejaculate.
adj
  1. Involving or resembling honey.
  2. Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like most types of honey.
  3. Honey-sweet.
verb
  1. To sweeten; to make agreeable.
  2. To add honey to.
  3. To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
  4. To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈhʌni/ en-us-honey.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-honey.wav

Word forms

honey honeys honies hony hunney hunny honeyer honier honeyest honiest honeying honeyed

Etymology

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, Swedish honung), 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.

Synonyms

sweetie mel darling

Related words

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Derived words

Africanized honey bee apple honey bees and honey behoney bread and honey comb-honey crested honey buzzard dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians don't get your honey where you make your money enhoney European honey buzzard hip-hop honey hon honey ant honey badger honeybag honey barge honey bear honey bee honeybee honeyberry honeybird honey blond Honeyboy honey bucket honeybug honeybunch honey bunch honey bun honeybun honeybunny honey bunny honeybush honey butter honey-buzzard honey buzzard honeycake honey cart honey catches more flies than vinegar honey child honey chile honey-colored honeycomb honeycombed honeycomb moth Honey Creek honeycreeper Honeycrisp honey decoction honeydew honeydew melon honey dill honey dill sauce honey dip honey-dipper honey dipper honey do list honey-do list honeydoll honey drizzler
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