honey

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 See also

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[edit] Etymology

Old English huniġ, from Common Germanic *hunagam or *hunangam. Cognate with Old Frisian hunig, Old Saxon honeg (Dutch honing), Old High German honag, honeg (German Honig), Old Norse hunang (Swedish honung).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'hʌni/, SAMPA: /"hVni/
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  Rhymes: -ʌni

[edit] Noun

honey (countable and uncountable; plural honeys)

1. (uncountable) A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees; (countable) a variety of this substance.
2. A thing likened to honey for its sweetness, desirability, etc.

   1595 Shakespeare, William, 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."
3. A term of affection.

   Honey, would you take out the trash?

4. (informal, countable) An attractive woman

   Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!

5. (color/colour) A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.

   honey colour:

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honey (comparative more honey, superlative most honey)

1. Describing a thing involving or resembling honey.

   1599 Shakespeare, William, Henry V, Act 1, Sc. 2:

   • So work the honey-bees, / Creatures that by a rule in nature teach / The act of order to a peopled kingdom.

2. (color/colour) A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of honey.

[edit] Translations

• Serbo-Croatian: medeni

[edit] Derived terms

hon honey badger honey bear honey bucket honey bun honey bunch honey dipper honey fungus honey guide honey locust honey mesquite

honey mouse honey myrtle honey parrot honey plant honeybee honeybun honey-buzzard honeycomb honeycomb moth honeycombed honeycreeper

honeydew honeydew melon honeyeatere honeyed honeymoon honeysucker honeysuckle honey-sweet land of milk and honey western honey mesquite

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Colours