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hon·ey·moon
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Audio Help [huhn-ee-moon] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | a vacation or trip taken by a newly married couple. |
| 2. | the month or so following a marriage. |
| 3. | any period of blissful harmony: Their entire 60 years of marriage was one long honeymoon. |
| 4. | any new relationship characterized by an initial period of harmony and goodwill: The honeymoon between Congress and the new president was over. |
| 5. | to spend one's honeymoon (usually fol. by in or at). |
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| hon·ey·moon
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n.
intr.v. hon·ey·mooned, hon·ey·moon·ing, hon·ey·moons To go on a honeymoon. [Perhaps from a comparison of the moon, which wanes as soon as it is full, to the affections of a newly married couple, which are most tender right after marriage.] hon'ey·moon'er n. |
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honeymoon
1546, hony moone, but probably much older, from honey in reference to the new marriage's sweetness, and moon in reference to how long it would probably last, or from the changing aspect of the moon: no sooner full than it begins to wane. Fr. has cognate lune de miel, but Ger. version is flitterwochen (pl.), from flitter "tinsel."
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| honeymoon | |
noun | |
| 1. | a holiday taken by a newly married couple |
| 2. | the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political |
verb | |
| 1. | spend a holiday after one's marriage; "they plan to honeymoon in Hawai'i" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈhoneymoon noun
a holiday spent immediately after one's marriage
Example: We went to London for our honeymoon; (also adjective) a honeymoon couple
See also: honeybee, honeycomb, honeyExample: We went to London for our honeymoon; (also adjective) a honeymoon couple
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