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Synonyms for honeyed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : huhn-eed
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌn id



Définition of honeyed

Origin :
  • Old English hunig, from Proto-Germanic *hunagam- (cf. Old Norse hunang, Swedish honung, Old Saxon huneg, Old Frisian hunig, Middle Dutch honich, Dutch honig, Old High German honang, German Honig "honey"); perhaps from PIE *k(e)neko- "yellow, golden" (cf. Sanskrit kancanum, Welsh canecon "gold"). The more common Indo-European word is represented by Gothic miliþ (from PIE *melith "honey;" see Melissa). A term of endearment from at least mid-14c. Meaning "anything good of its kind" is 1888, American English.
  • adj sweetened
Example sentences :
  • On that, the brute inquired with honeyed accents where they were staying.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • I can see through your game, I see you want to come it over me with your honeyed words.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Now and again you threw me flowers, not half so honeyed as your smiles.
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
  • In vain was the blushing cheek averted, and the honeyed lips.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various
  • "Yes," said Abe, spitting the seeds out from a mouthful of honeyed pulp.
  • Extract from : « The Red Acorn » by John McElroy
  • "It was so kind of you not to send me away, Mr. Treadwell," she said in honeyed accents.
  • Extract from : « Virginia » by Ellen Glasgow
  • The insult was too savage, and his egotism too brutal, for honeyed phrases to blind her.
  • Extract from : « A Simpleton » by Charles Reade
  • Over all was the glare of arclights, and the flutter of honeyed tongues.
  • Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke
  • He kept his honeyed phrase to himself, however, for she was not heeding him.
  • Extract from : « A Voice in the Wilderness » by Grace Livingston Hill
  • The smile was no longer sweet, though the words from the lips were honeyed.
  • Extract from : « That Fortune » by Charles Dudley Warner

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