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honeyless

  • a word derived from honey.
    honey
    noun
    a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.

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When she learns of the previous seven wives, she treats him to six months of honeyless honeymooning.

From Time Magazine Archive

Antony, The posture of your blows are yet unknown; But for your words, they rob the Hybla bees, And leave them honeyless.

From Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

But for your words, they rob the Hybla bees, And leave them honeyless.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett

But Cassius comes to the rescue: Cassius: Antony, The posture of your blows are yet unknown, But, for your words, they rob the Hybla bees And leave them honeyless.

From The Rising of the Court by Henry Lawson

I am seeking for a strange lonely white flower; Its petals are honeyless; and in the wind it is still.

From Goblins and Pagodas by John Gould Fletcher

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