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 )

Example Sentences

Amongst many other despotic laws enacted during his reign, was one prohibiting the manufacture of hydromel by the subject.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

The chiefs and nobles sat down to their feast in the royal pavilion, where hydromel, beer, and raw flesh were in regal profusion!!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various

Causam huius assignat Cardanus, quod hydromel vetustate transeat in vinum.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard

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 Moody, William Vaughn

On going to rest he fancied he should be thirsty at night and called Leo to set a pitcher of hydromel by his bedside.

From A Book of Golden Deeds by Yonge, Charlotte Mary