单词 | honeyed |
释义 | honeyedadj. 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). < adj.?c1400 |
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