honey-dewed
/ˈhʌnɪdjuːd/ /ˈhʌnɪdʒuːd/adjective
Covered with honey (chiefly figurative ); honeyed, mellifluous, sweet.
- In some examples probably influenced by honeydew..
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Linche (fl. 1596–1601), poet and translator. From honey + dewed.
- water skeeter
- waterski
- waterskier
- water sky
- water slater
- water slide
- water smartweed
- watersmeet
- water smoke
- Waters, Muddy
- water snail
- water snake
- water-sneak
- water soak
- water-soaked
- water softener
- water-softening
- water soldier
- water solubility
- water-soluble
- water-sorted
- water-souchy
- water source
- water space
- water spaniel