honied
- adjective
- /ˈhʌnid/
- The honied glaze on the ham added a sweet touch to the savory dish.
Examples
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The tea was served with a honied flavor that made it especially delightful.
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But Korben is so entranced with the sight of Leeloo licking her honied fingers, he doesn't hear it until it becomes quite a racket.
Fiction book (1997) -
She spread a honied mixture on her toast for breakfast.
Synonyms
Flavored with honey, like bread or tea
Tasting sweet like honey
A thing that has the colour, feel, or taste of honey
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Honied comes from honey ('sweet sticky substance made by bees') plus the ending -ed meaning 'having' or 'covered with'. So something honied is 'made with or covered in honey', which helps you remember it will taste sweet and a little sticky.