Honey-sweet

Honey-sweet
Honey-sweet \Hon"ey-sweet`\, a. Sweet as honey. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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  • honey-sweet — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: Middle English hony sweete, from Old English hunigswēte, from hunig honey + swēte sweet : sweet with or as if with honey honey sweet blossoms honey sweet voice …   Useful english dictionary

  • honey-sweet — sweet like honey …   English contemporary dictionary

  • honey-sweet — /hun ee sweet /, adj. sweet as honey. [bef. 1000; ME hony sweete, OE hunig swete] * * * …   Universalium

  • Sweet Dreams — may refer to:In music: * Sweet Dreams (Don Gibson song), notable as a hit for Patsy Cline * Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) , an album by Eurythmics ** Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (song), a song from the album, notably covered by Marilyn… …   Wikipedia

  • honey — honeyful, adj. honeyless, adj. honeylike, adj. /hun ee/, n., pl. honeys, adj., v., honeyed or honied, honeying. n. 1. a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food. 2. this… …   Universalium

  • honey — n. (pl. eys) 1 a sweet sticky yellowish fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers. 2 the colour of this. 3 a sweetness. b a sweet thing. 4 a person or thing excellent of its kind. 5 esp. US (usu. as a form of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • honey — hon•ey [[t]ˈhʌn i[/t]] n. pl. hon•eys, 1) ent a sweet viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers and stored in nests or hives as food 2) coo this substance as used in cooking or as a spread or sweetener 3) bot the nectar …   From formal English to slang

  • sweet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sugary (see sweetness); pleasing; amiable; dear, precious; fragrant, sweet smelling. Ant., sour, unpleasant, foul smelling. n. candy, bonbon, dessert, etc. See pleasure, courtesy, dearness, odor. II …   English dictionary for students

  • honey — /ˈhʌni / (say hunee) noun (plural honeys) 1. a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in their nests or hives as food. 2. the nectar of flowers. 3. any of various similar products produced by… …  

  • sweet — adj 1. sugary, sweetened, honeyed, honey, honey sweet, confectionary; candied, nectared, nectar eous, nectarean, saccharine. 2. fresh, pure, refreshing, wholesome, clean; appetizing, flavorous, flavorsome, delicious; good, tasty, palatable,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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