honey-sweet

English

Etymology

From Middle English hony-swete; equivalent to honey +‎ sweet.

Adjective

honey-sweet (comparative more honey-sweet, superlative most honey-sweet)

As sweet as honey; very sweet.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
  "Beauty is naught to him, because there are lips more honey-sweet; and wealth is naught, because others can weigh him down with heavier shekels; and fame is naught, because there have been greater men than he."

Translations

as sweet as honey; very sweet

Finnish: hunajanmakea
German: honigsüß (de)
Greek:
Ancient: μελιηδής (meliēdḗs)
Hungarian: mézédes (hu), édes, mint a méz
Portuguese: melado (pt)
Romanian: dulce ca mierea
Turkish: bal gibi tatlı

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