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honey-sweetest

honey-sweetest is the superlative form of honey-sweet.

Meaning of honey-sweet

Adjective

honey-sweet (comparative more honey-sweet or (rare) honey-sweeter, superlative most honey-sweet or (rare) honey-sweetest)

  1. As sweet as honey; very sweet.
    • Beauty is naught to him, because there are lips more honey-sweet; and wealth is naught, because others can weigh him down with heavier shekels; and fame is naught, because there have been greater men than he.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Job Has a Presentiment”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 253

Questions about honey-sweetest

What is honey-sweetest the superlative form of?
Honey-sweetest is the superlative form of honey-sweet.

Words near honey-sweetest in the dictionary

  1. honey-plant
  2. honey-plants
  3. honey-pot ant
  4. honey-pot ants
  5. honey-sweet
  6. honey-sweetest
  7. honey-tongued
  8. honey-trap
  9. honey-traps
  10. honeybadger
  11. honeybadgers

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