hydromel

American  

[hahy-druh-mel] / ˈhaɪ drəˌmɛl /

noun

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

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hydromel British  

/ ˈhaɪdrəʊˌmɛl /

noun

1. archaic another word for mead 1

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Etymology

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 )

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Example Sentences

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hydromel

Here—drink—" "Your health, good mother and sweet girl; to the health of you all—" And clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth: "This is the best hydromel I ever tasted.

From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue

Cultivation in every description of tropical grain is universal; honey abounds in every quarter, and beer and hydromel are manufactured by all.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris

The old witch served her guests with a good supper, and gave them wine and hydromel to drink.

From Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen by Emily J. Harding

Our food was nuts and acorns, our drink milk and hydromel and water from the Choaspes, and we slept out of doors on the grass.

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler

And if aright your words I read At Dante's passing, he you wed Dipped from the drains of Hell The marriage hydromel.

From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by William Vaughn Moody

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