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
- 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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