honey-sweet

hon·ey-sweet

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [huhn-ee sweet]
- /ˈhʌn i swit/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [huhn-ee sweet]
- /ˈhʌn i swit/

Definitions of honey-sweet word

adjective honey-sweet sweet as honey. 1
adjective honey-sweet sweet or endearing 0
adjective honey-sweet sweet as honey, very sweet. 0

See all 3 definitions of honey-sweet

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Origin of honey-sweet

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English hony sweete, Old English hunig swēte

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Honey-sweet

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Honey-sweet

honey-sweet popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.