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honeyed

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hon⋅eyed

  [huhn-eed]
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–adjective
1. containing, consisting of, or resembling honey: honeyed drinks.
2. flattering or ingratiating: honeyed words.
3. pleasantly soft; dulcet or mellifluous: honeyed tones.
Also, honied.

Origin:
1325–75; ME honyede. See honey, -ed 3

Related forms:
hon⋅eyed⋅ly, adverb
hon⋅eyed⋅ness, noun

hon⋅ey

  [huhn-ee] noun, plural hon⋅eys, adjective, verb, hon⋅eyed or hon⋅ied, hon⋅ey⋅ing.
–noun
1. a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
2. this substance as used in cooking or as a spread or sweetener.
3. the nectar of flowers.
4. any of various similarly sweet, viscid products produced by insects or in other ways.
5. something sweet, delicious, or delightful: the honey of flattery.
6. Informal. a person for whom one feels love or deep affection; sweetheart; darling.
7. (sometimes initial capital letter) an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., esp. by a male to a female).
8. Informal. something of esp. high quality, degree of excellence, etc.: That's a honey of a computer.
–adjective
9. of, like, or pertaining to honey; sweet.
10. containing honey or flavored or sweetened with honey.
–verb (used with object)
11. Informal. to talk flatteringly or endearingly to (often fol. by up).
12. to sweeten or flavor with or as if with honey.
–verb (used without object)
13. Informal. to use flattery, endearing terms, etc., in an effort to obtain something (often fol. by up): They always got what they wanted by honeying up to their grandfather.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME hony, OE hunig; c. D, G honig, ON hunang; akin to Gk knēkós pale yellow, tawny

Related forms:
hon⋅ey⋅ful, adjective
hon⋅ey⋅less, adjective
hon⋅ey⋅like, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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hon·ey   (hŭn'ē)   
n.   pl. hon·eys

    1. A sweet yellowish or brownish viscid fluid produced by various bees from the nectar of flowers and used as food.

    2. A similar substance made by certain other insects.

  2. A sweet substance, such as nectar.

  3. Sweetness; pleasantness.

  4. Sugary or ingratiating words; flattery.

  5. Informal Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.

  6. Informal Something remarkably fine: a honey of a car.

tr.v.   hon·eyed or hon·ied (hŭn'ēd), hon·ey·ing, hon·eys

  1. To sweeten with or as if with honey.

  2. To cajole with sweet talk.


[Middle English honi, from Old English hunig.]
hon·eyed   (hŭn'ēd)   
v.  A past tense and a past participle of honey.
adj.   also hon·ied

  1. Containing, full of, or sweetened with honey.

  2. Ingratiating; sugary: honeyed words.

  3. Sweet; dulcet: a honeyed voice.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
honey [ˈhəni]

  1. n.
    beer. : Let's stop at the happy shop and get some honey.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

honey 
O.E. hunig, from W.Gmc. *khunaga- (cf. O.N. hunang, Swed. honung, Ger. Honig "honey"); perhaps cognate with Skt. kancanum, Welsh canecon "gold." The more common IE word is represented by Goth. miliþ (from PIE *melith "honey"). A term of endearment from at least 1350. Honeycomb is O.E. hunigcamb (see comb). Honey-bee is from c.1566.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hon·ey
Pronunciation: 'h&n-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural honeys
1 : a sweet viscid materialelaborated out of the nectar of flowers in the honey sac of various bees
2 : any of various preparations consisting of simple mixtures of medicaments with honey —honey adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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