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