hydromel

[ hahy-druh-mel ]

noun

1. a liquor consisting of honey and water that, when fermented, becomes mead.

hydromel

/ ˈhaɪdrəʊˌmɛl /

noun

1. See mead
   archaic.
   another word for mead 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydromel¹

1555–65; < Latin < Greek hydrómeli, equivalent to hydro- hydro- ¹ + méli honey; replacing late Middle English ydromel < Medieval Latin (variant of hydromel )

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydromel¹

C15: from Latin, from Greek hudromeli, from hydro- + meli honey

Example Sentences

He knows the smell of the hydromel As if two and two were five; And hides it away for a year and a day In his own hexagonal hive.

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With the leaves of the latter they make a decoction which, mixed with hydromel, is an antidote for intermittent fevers.

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The slaves carried baskets with cakes, roast meats and jars of hydromel.

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Metheglin (Welsh Meddyglyn), also called hydromel and mead, was a drink as universal as it was ancient.

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He gives a receipt—the earliest I have seen in print—for making metheglin or hydromel.

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