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English
Noun
hony (uncountable)
- Obsolete form of honey.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 49, column 2:Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?
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Etymology
From Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą, dissimilated variant of *hunangą, from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks.
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Noun
hony (uncountable)
- Honey (fluid made from nectar)
- Nectar; the secretion of flowers.
- (figurative) Something sweet or appealing.
- (rare) A term of affection; compare modern English honey.
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