honeymoon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From honey + moon, but the original metaphorical idea is uncertain. Perhaps a cynical comparison of a full moon to the love of a newly married couple, which starts out sweet (as honey) but then wanes (16th century), later coming to mean the first month (i.e. "moon") after marriage.
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Noun[edit]
honeymoon (plural honeymoons)
- The period of time immediately following a marriage.
- 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XXII: A New Departure in Flavorings,
- The new minister and his wife were a young, pleasant-faced couple, still on their honeymoon, and full of all good and beautiful enthusiasms for their chosen lifework.
- 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XXII: A New Departure in Flavorings,
- A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.
- We went to Greece for our honeymoon.
- 1923, Robert Ervin Howard, Unhand Me, Villain: A Romance:
- I will say, 'Sir, I am going to marry your daughter. Be silent, sir! I have decided to do this and I will not be balked by a gouty old father-in-law. I want you to understand that from now on I am the master of this house. You may write out a check for ten thousand dollars for our honeymoon.'
- A period of goodwill at the beginning of a new term or relationship (e.g. towards a newly elected politician or in respect of a new business arrangement).
- Now that the honeymoon is over, it’s time for us to get down to the business at hand.
- The honeymoon period came to a swift end when the legislation was introduced.
- 1919, John Reed, Ten Days That Shook the World:
- But the “honeymoon” was short. The propertied classes wanted merely a political revolution, which would take the power from the Tsar and give it to them. They wanted Russia to be a constitutional Republic, like France or the United States; or a constitutional Monarchy, like England. On the other hand, the masses of the people wanted real industrial and agrarian democracy.
- 1977 January 12, Gerald Ford, Ford's farewell address,
- It was here, surrounded by such friends, that the distinguished Chief Justice swore me in as Vice President on December 6, 1973. It was here I returned 8 months later as your President to ask not for a honeymoon, but for a good marriage.
Translations[edit]
period of time immediately following a marriage
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trip taken by a newly wed married couple
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period of unusually good feelings
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Verb[edit]
honeymoon (third-person singular simple present honeymoons, present participle honeymooning, simple past and past participle honeymooned)
- To have a honeymoon (a trip taken by a couple after wedding).
- My parents honeymooned at Niagara falls.
- 1916, Jack London, The Little Lady of the Big House, Chapter XVIII,
- No sooner were they married than Dick fitted out his schooner, the All Away, and away the blessed pair of them went, honeymooning from Bordeaux to Hongkong.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to travel on a honeymoon
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