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单词 honeyed
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honeyedadj.

Brit. /ˈhʌnɪd/, U.S. /ˈhənid/
Forms: Middle English honyd, Middle English honyede, Middle English–1600s honyed, Middle English–1800s honied, late Middle English howuyd (transmission error), 1500s honnied, 1600s– honeyed, 1600s– honny'd; also Scottish pre-1700 hunied, pre-1700 hwnyt.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: honey n., -ed suffix2; honey v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < honey n. + -ed suffix2. In later use perhaps also partly < honey v. + -ed suffix1.With honeyed wine (compare quot. 1551 at sense 1a) compare honey wine n. at honey n. and adj. Compounds 1b(a). With honeyed dew (compare quot. 1577 at sense 1a) compare honeydew n. With honeyed water (compare quot. 1601 at sense 1a) compare honey water n. at honey n. and adj. Compounds 1b(a).
1.
a. Abounding in, containing, or sweetened with honey; of the nature of honey.Occasionally also with reference to nectar; cf. honey n. 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > honey > [adjective] > containing honey
honeyed?c1400
mellifluec1429
mellifluous?a1475
mellifluate1508
honey-dewed1596
honeyful1610
melliferous1656
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. met. ii. l. 1870 Al þouȝ [þat] þe pleiyng [MS pleinyng] besines of men ȝeueþ hem honied[e] [?c1425 Cambr. Ii.3.21 honyede] drinkes and large metes.
c1500 King & Hermit in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 261 A howuyd [read hownyd] pote þer stondes þer, And Godes forbot þat we it spare To drynke.
1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. Hvjv Wyne lyke vnto honyed wyne.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 180v The Bees doo not of them selues make the Hony, but only geather the honyed dewe that falleth.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 422 Of Hydromel and Oxymel (i. Honied water, and Honied vineger).
1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 24 in Justa Edouardo King Throw hither all your quaint enammell'd eyes, That on the green turf suck the honied showres.
1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 266 The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring.
1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 58 The honied essences lodged in the nectaria of flowers.
1862 Sat. Rev. 14 460/1 The honeyed cup, with all its cloyingness.
1882 Cent. Mag. Jan. 480/2 The dainty bee, the floweret wooes, And sips its honied favor.
1938 H. D. Copp Going Places in New York City 1937–8 27 The ‘epicurious’ get delirious with delight at the thought of their honeyed bread with slightly chilled cream.
1983 M. Duffy Londoners (1984) xiii. 102 Red admirals boozed on the honeyed fists of mauve blossom.
2005 Fit Yoga Feb. 45/2 Honeyed phyllo pastries are popular..desserts.
b. Resembling honey in taste or smell; rich and sweet. Occasionally also: of the colour of honey.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] > like, as, or with honey
melcheOE
honey-sweetOE
honey?c1225
honily?c1425
mellifluec1429
mellifluous?a1475
honeyed1559
mellisha1577
honeysome1593
melled1606
honeyish1657
honeyly1864
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 392 Wyne of small raisins, whiche Arnold calleth honied, is made siething the Rasins in wyne (in must) till it wax swiet.
a1634 W. Austin Haec Homo (1637) v. 122 There is no milke (whatsoever) so nourishing, and cherishing in effect, nor so sweet and honied in taste, as that of a Woman.
1658 tr. L. Lemnius Secret Miracles of Nature iv. xvi. 282 Reed-roots, with joynts to distinguish them, that have a white colour, and a Honeyed taste.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. vii. 139 The honied fig, and unctuous olive smooth.
1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 61 Diabetic urine..marked by a saccharine or honied taste.
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 60 The satin palms with their honeyed odours are out on the willow.
1871 tr. J. R. Wyss Swiss Family Robinson xi. 521 The water..percolates through the body of the sugar, washing the small grains, and purifying them of their honied juice.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1141 A hover-fly visiting a grape-hyacinth is not attracted by the honeyed scent, but by the blue flowers.
1973 Guardian 20 Jan. 3/4 It is the land of..the honeyed Reine-Claude greengages.
1998 M. Cantwell Speaking with Strangers 36 The kind of honeyed skin and hair..I always associate with Hungarians.
2005 Woman & Home July 99/3 It's a honeyed, grapefruity blend of Chenin Blanc and Muscat with a balance of acidity, sweetness and fruit flavours.
2. figurative. Sweet, pleasant, delightful; (of speech, words, music, etc.) soothing, soft, mellifluous.With reference to speech, frequently implying insincerity, glibness, or ulterior motive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective]
mildeOE
blitheOE
goodOE
well-willingOE
beina1200
goodfulc1275
blithefula1300
faira1300
benignc1320
gainc1330
sweetc1330
kinda1333
propicec1350
well-willeda1382
well-disposeda1393
well-hearteda1393
well-willinga1393
friendsomea1400
well-willya1400
charitablec1405
well-willed1417
good-heartedc1425
kindlyc1425
honeyed1435
propitious1440
affectuousc1441
willya1449
homelyc1450
benevolous1470
benigned1470
benevolent1482
favourousc1485
well-meaned1488
well-meaning1498
humanec1500
favourablec1503
affectionatea1516
well-mindedc1522
beneficial1526
propiciant1531
benignate1533
well-intendeda1535
beneficious1535
kind-hearted1535
well-given1535
affectioned1539
well-wishing1548
figgy?1549
good-meaning1549
affectedc1553
affectionated1561
well-natured1561
well-affected?1563
officious1565
well-inclined1569
good-natured1582
partial1587
graceful?1593
well-intentioned1598
beneficent1616
candid1633
kindlike1637
benefic1641
kindly-hearted1762
well-meant1765
benignanta1782
sweet-hearted1850
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] > honeyed, mellifluous, or luscious
honeyfula1400
honeyed1435
mellifluous?a1475
sugarc1530
sweetful1589
sugary1591
honeysome1593
sweet-seasoned1609
sugar-candied1623
creamya1640
luscious1651
saccharine1841
mouth-watering1847
sugar-candyish1852
goluptious1856
yummy1899
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners
fairOE
honeyed1435
glozed1509
fair-tongued1541
fine1568
smoothed1568
smoothinga1592
sugary1591
slicked1594
rose water1598
rose-watered1599
candied1604
soft1609
courtlya1616
smooth-faced1626
oileda1640
blandished1671
sugar1687
fair-spoken1704
smooth-tongued1761
silky1778
pill-gilded1822
blarneyfied1830
greasy1848
blarneyed1861
soothering1866
soothing-syrupy1902
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective] > having or given specious appearance > appearing pleasant
smoothc1400
sugared1426
honeyed1435
sugary1591
fair-faced1601
buttered1605
sugar-candied1623
slid1719
smoothie1959
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adjective]
sweetc900
merryOE
well-soundingc1350
sootc1385
soundedc1450
honeyed1592
well-tuned1592
ear-tickling1605
mellisonanta1635
euphonical1668
euphonious1774
euphonous1805
euphonic1814
euphonistic1837
listenable1920
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 79 Þe sweitt-honyd mynde of Ihesu.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 169 Withe gall in hart and hwnyt [1622 hony] hals.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Love in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 99 With fayre honyed wordes heretykes and mis-meninge people skleren and wimplen their errours.
1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. A2v Pleasing Cerberus with honied speech, I past the perils of the formost porch.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 51 His sweet and honyed Sentences. View more context for this quotation
1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 244 Whom we will call by the name of Mela, for the honeyed sweetnesse of her disposition.
1741 tr. J. J. Rutledge Mem. Julia de M— I. xix. 138 Some intriguing courtier, who had been accustomed to copy the honeyed countenance of his patron.
1766 M. Minifie & S. Gunning Picture I. iv. 32 To hear the honied words of consolation flow from her tongue..astonished Mr. Dormer.
1841 T. Miller Poems 114 Ere one thy honeyed lips had prest, Or sunk upon thy pearl-flushed breast.
1852 M. Arnold Tristram & Iseult II. 47 Silken courtiers whispering honied nothings.
1881 T. K. Cheyne in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 380/2 The honied rhetoric of him whom we are accustomed to call the Second Isaiah.
1909 J. H. Skrine Pastor Ovium 140 What I listened to was a burble of platitudes in a honeyed voice.
1965 E. Dahlberg Reasons of Heart 68 Our most honeyed music is composed in the Cave of Endor.
1997 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 19 Oct. 23 Joan..is not the kind of agony aunt to offer honeyed words in response to the problem letters she receives.

Derivatives

ˈhoneyedly adv. sweetly, pleasantly; with charm or eloquence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb]
sweetlyc900
queemlyOE
lustly971
winlyc1000
sootlya1125
to (a person's) queemc1175
lustilya1225
avenantlya1375
pleasinglya1398
queema1400
beinc1400
farrandlyc1400
pleasantlyc1400
pleasantlya1425
queemfullyc1425
thankfullyc1480
greablyc1500
dulcely1508
dulcea1525
pleasant1553
agreeably?1567
pleasurably1580
sugarly1587
flattering1597
sweet1597
attractively1640
well-pleasingly1645
welcomely1646
flatteringly1661
relishingly1677
satisfyingly1743
sweetsome1799
smilingly1806
dulcetly1810
gratifyingly1822
honeyedly1832
enjoyably1877
suavely1883
congenially1884
a fair treat1884
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > pleasant
honeyedly1832
1832 True Sun 28 July 3/3 How honiedly the poison drops from their tongues upon every repetition!
1887 Mrs. C. Reade Maid o' Mill I. xix. 286 ‘I'll be your chaperon, if I may’, honeyedly.
1951 R. Postgate Life of George Lansbury xix. 237 ‘How do you like being on the front bench?’ Baldwin asked him honeyedly next day.
ˈhoneyedness n. honeyed nature; sweetness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [noun]
sweetnessc897
honey1340
sweetc1381
suavityc1450
dulcetness1528
dulcitude1605
honeyedness1611
sweetinga1626
nectareousness1847
saccharinity1868
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Emmielleure, sweetnesse, honiednesse.
1842 Court Gaz. 5 Mar. 1002/3 The honeyedness of those lips.
2003 N. Lawson Forever Summer 210 After this long, slow way of cooking them, their acid flesh turns to grainy, intense honeyedness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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