honeyed

adjective

hon·​eyed ˈhə-nēd How to pronounce honeyed (audio)
1
a
: made with or having honey
b
: resembling honey
2
: pleasingly sweet
her honeyed voice

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Slightly creamy with a crisp, honeyed and acidic finish. Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025 Now, Jaehyun returns the favor, drizzling his honeyed tenor vocals alongside Azad and Vali’s signature grooves for a twilight-tinged anthem that brings the best of West Coast cool and K-pop polish. Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025 The palate features similar flavors along with honeyed citrus peels, rainwater, and warm milk notes. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 In our room were a dozen fat, honeyed, somehow smokeless and everlasting columns playing light over rock vaults where lives had been lived for thousands of years. Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for honeyed

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of honeyed was in the 14th century

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“Honeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honeyed. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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