Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
honey-sweet [huhn-ee-sweet] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- sweet as honey.
Origin of honey-sweet before 1000; Middle English hony sweete, Old English hunig swēte Examples from the Web for honey-sweet Historical Examples of honey-sweet
Honey-sweet were her words, but those who trusted them found sorrow at hand.
Anonymous
Nothing in an English wood so honey-sweet as his otock otock tock!
Charles Reade
The breeze that came from the mountains of Mull was honey-sweet with heather smell.
Fiona Macleod
The sounds it emitted were right pleasing, honey-sweet, and silver-toned.
George T. Ferris
Lois gave a cry of delight when Anne came in with Honey-Sweet.
Edna Turpin
British Dictionary definitions for honey-sweet honey-sweet adjective
- sweet or endearing