honeybirdn.

Brit.

/ˈhʌnɪbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈhəniˌbərd/

Forms: see honey n. and adj. and bird n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: honey n., bird n.

Etymology: < honey n. + bird n.Sense 1 probably originated as a metaphorical use of sense 2, hence quot. c1390 at sense 1 probably implies earlier currency in sense 2.

1. As a term of endearment or affectionate form of address: sweetheart, darling.In quot. c1390 as an affectionate epithet for Christ; cf. honey-tear n. at honey n. and adj. Compounds 1b(a).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart

copenerc897

lovec1225

lemanc1275

sweetinga1300

druery13..

doceamurc1320

paramoura1375

honeybirdc1390

honey-sweetc1440

dowsec1450

heart-rootc1460

prim1509

joa1529

sweetheart1576

love-mate1582

belamour1590

copemate1593

frister1639

sprunny1739

Liebling1868

Liebchen1876

angel pie1878

loved one1879

cariad1899

square piece1925

sheikha1926

sweetie-pie1928

oppo1932

poopsie1937

mi'jita1970

squeeze1980

boo1988

bae2006

c1390 Talkyng of Love of God (Vernon) (1950) 26 (MED) Swete Ihesu heuene kyng..myn hony brid, my swetyng, myn hele & myn hony-ter.

1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 57 Sweet heart and honey-bird keeps no house.

1769 I. Bickerstaff Captive i. i. 1 Cadi. Come, Fatima, we'll rise and take a walk towards the house, honey-bird.

1846 J. P. Simpson Second Love I. i. 35 Boy! Honeybird mine!

1881 Daily Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock, Arkansas) 11 Sept. 2/4 Come to your tea, my honey-bird.

1916 A. H. Fitch Breath of Dragon v. 47 There, my honey-bird! Who would take you now for the beggar girl who just entered my door?

1953 P. Larkin Let. 25 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 193 Dearest honeybird, I pick one of the few remaining sheets of this paper to write to you on.

2010 T. Popcan Honeyfools iv. 61 What is your name honey bird?

†2. Chiefly poetic. A honeybee. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of (bee)

beea1000

honeybird1599

upholsterer1830

1599 ‘T. Cutwode’ Caltha Poetarum lxi. sig. C3 The hony bird away doth styue, With bumming and with humming to his hyue.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 149 Quailes [have] but One Chief: the Hunnie-Birds but One One [sic] Maister-Bee.

1622 J. Lyon Teares for Death of Alexander 4 On Hybla or Hymetus Hill, The hony Birdes the flowrie mountaines fill.

1631 J. Taylor Complaint of Christmas 10 Looke into the Garden, is there a Bee-hiue there? no, all the honey-birds are fled.

1859 R. Menzies tr. C. Scriver Gotthold's Emblems lxxxviii. 148 So strong is the reciprocal attachment of the little honey birds to their prince, that they quit the hive with him.

1881 S. M. Hageman Once i. 10 Beehives buzzing with redolent honey-birds.

3. A honeyguide (family Indicatoridae); now spec. any of three small drab birds of the genus Prodotiscus.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Indicatoridae (honey-guide)

honeybird1735

honeyguide1777

bee-cuckoo1786

indicator1835

1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 52 The Maroc or Honey-bird, which is furnished by Nature with a peculiar instinct or faculty of discovering Honey.

1803 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 146 The honey-bird..leads him to the tree where the bees have concealed their treasure.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 41 I saw to-day for the first time the honey-bird. This extraordinary little bird..will invariably lead a person following it to a wild-bees' nest.

1958 S. Cloete Mask 111 He saw a honey bird fluttering from branch to branch and calling him he followed it to the nest.

1995 Ethnomusicology 39 261 The honey-bird has a symbiotic relationship with people.

2012 Independent Traveller (Nexis) 22 Dec. (Travel section) 10 We heard the chattering sounds of a honeybird, which calls the Maasai.

4. Any of various birds that feed on nectar, esp. honeyeaters of the family Meliphagidae. Now rare.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > member of genus Colibri

colibri1740

honeybird1794

violet-ear1861

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Meliphagidae (honey-eater)

honeyeater1821

honeybird1835

honeysucker1837

meliphagan1842

honeycreeper1851

meliphagidan1890

meliphagine1890

meliphagid1964

1794 C. I. La Trobe tr. G. H. Loskiel Hist. Mission United Brethren vii. 94 The Colibri..flies like a bee about the flowers of the field..This has given it the name of the honey-bird.

1835 Sydney Gaz. 19 Sept. 4/2 A strange music was heard, not unlike the melting tones of the honey-bird.

1870 F. S. Wilson Austral. Songs & Poems 99 Honey-birds loitered to suck at the wattle.

1934 T. Wood Cobbers 191 The only life was to..listen to the honey-birds.

1954 Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania) 7 Aug. 19/3 A bird with very selective tastes in the matter of lining material is the yellow-throated honeyeater,..one of the medium-sized honeybirds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	honeybird
释义	honeybirdn. Brit. /ˈhʌnɪbəːd/, U.S. /ˈhəniˌbərd/ Forms: see honey n. and adj. and bird n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: honey n., bird n. Etymology: < honey n. + bird n.Sense 1 probably originated as a metaphorical use of sense 2, hence quot. c1390 at sense 1 probably implies earlier currency in sense 2. 1. As a term of endearment or affectionate form of address: sweetheart, darling.In quot. c1390 as an affectionate epithet for Christ; cf. honey-tear n. at honey n. and adj. Compounds 1b(a). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart copenerc897 lovec1225 lemanc1275 sweetinga1300 druery13.. doceamurc1320 paramoura1375 honeybirdc1390 honey-sweetc1440 dowsec1450 heart-rootc1460 prim1509 joa1529 sweetheart1576 love-mate1582 belamour1590 copemate1593 frister1639 sprunny1739 Liebling1868 Liebchen1876 angel pie1878 loved one1879 cariad1899 square piece1925 sheikha1926 sweetie-pie1928 oppo1932 poopsie1937 mi'jita1970 squeeze1980 boo1988 bae2006 c1390 Talkyng of Love of God (Vernon) (1950) 26 (MED) Swete Ihesu heuene kyng..myn hony brid, my swetyng, myn hele & myn hony-ter. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 57 Sweet heart and honey-bird keeps no house. 1769 I. Bickerstaff Captive i. i. 1 Cadi. Come, Fatima, we'll rise and take a walk towards the house, honey-bird. 1846 J. P. Simpson Second Love I. i. 35 Boy! Honeybird mine! 1881 Daily Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock, Arkansas) 11 Sept. 2/4 Come to your tea, my honey-bird. 1916 A. H. Fitch Breath of Dragon v. 47 There, my honey-bird! Who would take you now for the beggar girl who just entered my door? 1953 P. Larkin Let. 25 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 193 Dearest honeybird, I pick one of the few remaining sheets of this paper to write to you on. 2010 T. Popcan Honeyfools iv. 61 What is your name honey bird? †2. Chiefly poetic. A honeybee. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of (bee) beea1000 honeybird1599 upholsterer1830 1599 ‘T. Cutwode’ Caltha Poetarum lxi. sig. C3 The hony bird away doth styue, With bumming and with humming to his hyue. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 149 Quailes [have] but One Chief: the Hunnie-Birds but One One [sic] Maister-Bee. 1622 J. Lyon Teares for Death of Alexander 4 On Hybla or Hymetus Hill, The hony Birdes the flowrie mountaines fill. 1631 J. Taylor Complaint of Christmas 10 Looke into the Garden, is there a Bee-hiue there? no, all the honey-birds are fled. 1859 R. Menzies tr. C. Scriver Gotthold's Emblems lxxxviii. 148 So strong is the reciprocal attachment of the little honey birds to their prince, that they quit the hive with him. 1881 S. M. Hageman Once i. 10 Beehives buzzing with redolent honey-birds. 3. A honeyguide (family Indicatoridae); now spec. any of three small drab birds of the genus Prodotiscus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Indicatoridae (honey-guide) honeybird1735 honeyguide1777 bee-cuckoo1786 indicator1835 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 52 The Maroc or Honey-bird, which is furnished by Nature with a peculiar instinct or faculty of discovering Honey. 1803 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 146 The honey-bird..leads him to the tree where the bees have concealed their treasure. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 41 I saw to-day for the first time the honey-bird. This extraordinary little bird..will invariably lead a person following it to a wild-bees' nest. 1958 S. Cloete Mask 111 He saw a honey bird fluttering from branch to branch and calling him he followed it to the nest. 1995 Ethnomusicology 39 261 The honey-bird has a symbiotic relationship with people. 2012 Independent Traveller (Nexis) 22 Dec. (Travel section) 10 We heard the chattering sounds of a honeybird, which calls the Maasai. 4. Any of various birds that feed on nectar, esp. honeyeaters of the family Meliphagidae. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > member of genus Colibri colibri1740 honeybird1794 violet-ear1861 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Meliphagidae (honey-eater) honeyeater1821 honeybird1835 honeysucker1837 meliphagan1842 honeycreeper1851 meliphagidan1890 meliphagine1890 meliphagid1964 1794 C. I. La Trobe tr. G. H. Loskiel Hist. Mission United Brethren vii. 94 The Colibri..flies like a bee about the flowers of the field..This has given it the name of the honey-bird. 1835 Sydney Gaz. 19 Sept. 4/2 A strange music was heard, not unlike the melting tones of the honey-bird. 1870 F. S. Wilson Austral. Songs & Poems 99 Honey-birds loitered to suck at the wattle. 1934 T. Wood Cobbers 191 The only life was to..listen to the honey-birds. 1954 Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania) 7 Aug. 19/3 A bird with very selective tastes in the matter of lining material is the yellow-throated honeyeater,..one of the medium-sized honeybirds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390
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