hydromel

[ hahy-druh-mel ]

/ ˈhaɪ drəˌmɛl /

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noun

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

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Origin of hydromel

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

Words nearby hydromel

hydroma, hydromagnetics, hydromancy, hydromechanics, hydromedusa, hydromel, hydromeningocele, hydrometallurgy, hydrometeor, hydrometeorology, hydrometer

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How to use hydromel in a sentence

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.
Songs from Vagabondia|Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey
With the leaves of the latter they make a decoction which, mixed with hydromel, is an antidote for intermittent fevers.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1|Hubert Howe Bancroft
The slaves carried baskets with cakes, roast meats and jars of hydromel.
The Tour|Louis Couperus
Metheglin (Welsh Meddyglyn), also called hydromel and mead, was a drink as universal as it was ancient.
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England|Richard Valpy French

He gives a receipt—the earliest I have seen in print—for making metheglin or hydromel.
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine|William Carew Hazlitt

British Dictionary definitions for hydromel

hydromel

/ (ˈhaɪdrəʊˌmɛl) /

noun

archaic another word for mead 1

Word Origin for hydromel

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

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