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honesty

honesty

1 9.9
A garden plant with purple flowers and round silver seed pods used for decoration
  • noun
  • /ˈɒnəsti/
  • UK
translation icon : lunaria
  • But I'm in love with Instant Honesty!

Examples

  • Does every piece of honesty get one burger?

    Blog text (28)
  • I could smell her "Sweet Honesty" perfume.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Oh, I love Honesty Island.

  • Are you wearing Instant Honesty alone, or is it with another product?

    Blog text (4)
  • As "The Night Chicago Died" played on, I held my hat tightly and wondered how long it would still smell like "Sweet Honesty."

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Honesty Island?

  • Seen lots of posts. My favorite came from honesty. If you use that name, at least post something that is. Why it was not the greatest the Packers have played, they still would have won. Bottom line.

    Blog text (28)
  • I used Instant Honesty quite a bit, and now more just straight b-nol (layered on top of other products).

    Blog text (4)
  • As for my observation that Behe's mendacious intellectual pornography ("The Edge of Evolution") is really about coevolution, all I said pertaining to you was to thank you for having the honesty to admit it.

    Blog text (4)
  • The vibrant flowers of the honesty plant attract many garden visitors in the spring.

Synonyms

silver dollar
vshonesty
1 8.6

A plant with flat round silver seed pods used in decoration

describes decoration more generally rather than only indoor use
money plant
vshonesty
5.9

A plant with purple flowers and flat silver-white seedpods used for decoration

focuses on cultivation rather than stressing frequency of use
satinpod
vshonesty
  • UK
9.9

A garden plant with fragrant purple flowers and round, flat, silvery seedpods used for decoration

is described for decoration generally rather than only indoor use
Lunaria annua
vshonesty
  • Specialized
9.1

A garden plant with purple flowers and round flat silver seedpods used for decoration

includes the botanical name rather than leaving it unnamed
satin flower
vshonesty
  • UK
8.8

A plant with fragrant purple flowers and round silver seedpods used for decoration

uses a more formal cultivation term instead of grown

Idioms

To tell the truth to show you really mean it

Compounds

Saying the truth in a direct way that may hurt people

To be direct and blunt when saying the truth

A statement that tells the whole truth without softening it

Very direct and truthful speech that does not soften the facts

Surface Forms

honesty singular
honesties plural

Morphology

honesty = honest (opaque) = honest + y

Although formally formed from 'honest' + '-y', the plant sense is a lexicalized meaning that cannot be derived from 'honest' by a typical learner.

Etymology

The plant called honesty gets its name from its round, flat seedpods that look like shiny coins, so people also call it 'money plant'. One popular story says the thin, clear pod shows the seed inside like an 'honest' view, and that image can help you remember the name.