honey childn.

Brit.

/ˈhʌnɪ tʃʌɪld/, U.S.

/ˈhəni ˌtʃaɪld/

Forms:

α. 1800s– honey child.

β. 1800s– honey chile.

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

Etymology: < honey adj. + child n. In form honey chile representing African-American pronunciation: compare the form chile at child n.Compare similar collocations at honey adj. 2.

1. Originally Irish English, now chiefly U.S. regional (southern and in African-American usage). A sweetheart, a darling. Chiefly as a form of address, originally esp. to a child. Cf. honey n. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

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petal1974

bae2006

α.

1832 G. Griffin Invasion I. xii. 174 My honey child; my Elim! Let us not enter yet. My brother, O'Driscol, and his chiefs are in the Rath.

1835 M. Banim & J. Banim Mayor of Wind-gap I. ix. 147 No, Miss Anny—my honey child; no; he did not make away with himself that time, praises be given.

1856 S. F. Bateman Self i. iii. 17 Lord knows, honey child, I don't blame you to want to git shut of dis hea home, for dey done plague you to deff!

1910 Muscatine (Iowa) Jrnl. 1 July 3/7 You mustn't be afraid, honey child, but you must pray and have faith to soften his heart towards the boy.

1956 S. Bellow Lett. (2010) 145 Well, honeychild, from first to last, from beginning to end your story is an unbroken and brilliant success.

1976 Ebony Jr.! Dec. 42/1 ‘Let's sit down, Honey Child,’ his grandma said in a choked voice, as she looked at his frightened face.

2006 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Dec. 20 Honey child, I always knew you'd come to me one day.

β. 1861 A. M. Wells Patty Williams's Voy. xi. 79 ‘I guess she's only tired, 'Poney. Has mamma seen her?’ Japonica shook her head. ‘No, honey chile.’1868 Packard's Monthly Oct. 81/3 Ye can't tell, honey chile, what a awful time dat made.1912 A. F. Johnston Mary Ware's Promised Land 165 The old black face was beaming as she called: ‘How's my honey chile this mawnin'?’1938 Delta Star (Greenville, Miss.) 24 Mar. 4/7 It's spring, ain't it honey chile?1971 J. Yardley Kiss a Day viii. 153 Honey chile may well be talking through the back of her gorgeous neck.2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xxvii. 393 ‘Oh but honey-chile,’ intoned Laura,..‘don' you jes' loove them there..names like Ferlin, Narvel, and Wynonna?’

2. An utterance of ‘honey child’, esp. as a stereotypical feature of the speech of the southern United States.

ΚΠ

α.

1940 J. Rice Diary 24 Mar. in Sand in my Shoes (2006) 41 While others danced decorously around, we trucked and shagged and said ‘ha cha cha,’ all his instructions to me being prefaced with a ‘honey child.’

1992 S. Henderson in Prism 7 My aunt tries to include a ‘honeychild’ or ‘y'all’ in almost every sentence when she is around my mother or me.

β. 1938 Chester (Pa.) Times 30 July 12/2 Clark [Gable] comes back with a ‘Sugah pie’ and a couple of ‘Honey chiles’.1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. vii. 125 Actresses from the domain of General American think that they have imitated it [sc. southern speech] sufficiently when they have thrown in a few you-alls and honey-chiles.2006 A. T. Billson Drum Roll xvii. 132 Comments about my accent were harder to accept—a dozen ‘Georgia peaches’, countless ‘honeychiles’ and one ‘magnolia transplant’.

Compounds

attributive. Designating a southern United States accent.

ΚΠ

1939 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 1 Jan. 14/3 Lucia Lull struggled hard to shake off her chatterbox ‘honey-chile’ accent during her theatrical venture ‘up no'th!’.

1957 G. L. Trager & H. L. Smith Outl. Eng. Struct. (new ed.) 82 There are current in popular literature allusions to ‘Brooklynese’ or ‘honey-chile’ accents.

1973 Listener 5 July 21/3 They [sc. the speakers][were not] supposed to be rendering Deep South ‘honey-chile’ drawls.

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

单词	honey child
释义	honey childn. Brit. /ˈhʌnɪ tʃʌɪld/, U.S. /ˈhəni ˌtʃaɪld/ Forms: α. 1800s– honey child. β. 1800s– honey chile. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: honey adj., child n. Etymology: < honey adj. + child n. In form honey chile representing African-American pronunciation: compare the form chile at child n.Compare similar collocations at honey adj. 2. 1. Originally Irish English, now chiefly U.S. regional (southern and in African-American usage). A sweetheart, a darling. Chiefly as a form of address, originally esp. to a child. Cf. honey n. 5. 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Griffin Invasion I. xii. 174 My honey child; my Elim! Let us not enter yet. My brother, O'Driscol, and his chiefs are in the Rath. 1835 M. Banim & J. Banim Mayor of Wind-gap I. ix. 147 No, Miss Anny—my honey child; no; he did not make away with himself that time, praises be given. 1856 S. F. Bateman Self i. iii. 17 Lord knows, honey child, I don't blame you to want to git shut of dis hea home, for dey done plague you to deff! 1910 Muscatine (Iowa) Jrnl. 1 July 3/7 You mustn't be afraid, honey child, but you must pray and have faith to soften his heart towards the boy. 1956 S. Bellow Lett. (2010) 145 Well, honeychild, from first to last, from beginning to end your story is an unbroken and brilliant success. 1976 Ebony Jr.! Dec. 42/1 ‘Let's sit down, Honey Child,’ his grandma said in a choked voice, as she looked at his frightened face. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Dec. 20 Honey child, I always knew you'd come to me one day. β. 1861 A. M. Wells Patty Williams's Voy. xi. 79 ‘I guess she's only tired, 'Poney. Has mamma seen her?’ Japonica shook her head. ‘No, honey chile.’1868 Packard's Monthly Oct. 81/3 Ye can't tell, honey chile, what a awful time dat made.1912 A. F. Johnston Mary Ware's Promised Land 165 The old black face was beaming as she called: ‘How's my honey chile this mawnin'?’1938 Delta Star (Greenville, Miss.) 24 Mar. 4/7 It's spring, ain't it honey chile?1971 J. Yardley Kiss a Day viii. 153 Honey chile may well be talking through the back of her gorgeous neck.2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xxvii. 393 ‘Oh but honey-chile,’ intoned Laura,..‘don' you jes' loove them there..names like Ferlin, Narvel, and Wynonna?’ 2. An utterance of ‘honey child’, esp. as a stereotypical feature of the speech of the southern United States. ΚΠ α. 1940 J. Rice Diary 24 Mar. in Sand in my Shoes (2006) 41 While others danced decorously around, we trucked and shagged and said ‘ha cha cha,’ all his instructions to me being prefaced with a ‘honey child.’ 1992 S. Henderson in Prism 7 My aunt tries to include a ‘honeychild’ or ‘y'all’ in almost every sentence when she is around my mother or me. β. 1938 Chester (Pa.) Times 30 July 12/2 Clark [Gable] comes back with a ‘Sugah pie’ and a couple of ‘Honey chiles’.1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. vii. 125 Actresses from the domain of General American think that they have imitated it [sc. southern speech] sufficiently when they have thrown in a few you-alls and honey-chiles.2006 A. T. Billson Drum Roll xvii. 132 Comments about my accent were harder to accept—a dozen ‘Georgia peaches’, countless ‘honeychiles’ and one ‘magnolia transplant’. Compounds attributive. Designating a southern United States accent. ΚΠ 1939 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 1 Jan. 14/3 Lucia Lull struggled hard to shake off her chatterbox ‘honey-chile’ accent during her theatrical venture ‘up no'th!’. 1957 G. L. Trager & H. L. Smith Outl. Eng. Struct. (new ed.) 82 There are current in popular literature allusions to ‘Brooklynese’ or ‘honey-chile’ accents. 1973 Listener 5 July 21/3 They [sc. the speakers][were not] supposed to be rendering Deep South ‘honey-chile’ drawls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
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