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honey

ho·ney

UK/ˈhʊni/ US/ˈhʌni/ very common informal
noun (2) adjective (1) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

adjective

1.

having the color of honey

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verb

1.

sweeten with honey

Origin

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 hunangur, Icelandic hunang), 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.

Phrases

  • Africanized honey bee
  • Apis mellifera
  • apple honey
  • bees and honey
  • bread and honey
  • crested honey buzzard
  • diabetes mellitus
  • dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians
  • don't get your honey where you make your money
  • European honey buzzard
  • honey around
  • honey up

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