honey
Noun
- a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
- A variety of this substance.
- Nectar.
- Something sweet or desirable.
- A term of affection.
- A woman, especially an attractive one.
- A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
Verb
Verb Forms: honeyed, honied, honeying, honeys
- To sweeten with honey or speak endearingly.
- sweeten with honey
- To sweeten; to make agreeable.
- To add honey to.
- To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
- To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
Adjective Satellite
- of something having the color of honey
Adj
- Involving or resembling honey.
- Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like most types of honey.
- Honey-sweet.
Examples
- Honey, I'm home.
- Honey, would you take out the trash?
- Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!
- She tried to honey up her opponent with compliments, hoping for an easy win.
- The honey in the pot should last for years.
Origin / 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.
Scrabble Score: 11
honey: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhoney: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
honey: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary