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honey

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌni/

The English word “honey” has 15 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
  2. A variety of this substance.
  3. Nectar.
  4. Something sweet or desirable.
  5. A term of affection.
  6. A woman, especially an attractive one.
  7. A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
  8. Precum; pre-ejaculate.

adjective

  1. Involving or resembling honey.
  2. Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like most types of honey.
  3. Honey-sweet.

verb

  1. To sweeten; to make agreeable.
  2. To add honey to.
  3. To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
  4. To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.

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, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk honning, Swedish honung, Faroese…

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