honeyweek
honeyweek noun: a honeymoon lasting a week.
Noun
honeyweek (plural honeyweeks)
- A honeymoon lasting a week.
- Osb[orne] Well, I think I shall cut the honeymoon down to a honeyweek. Six days, with one to rest in, is about my figure. [Gapes.] / Mrs. L[acy] Promise me one thing, Jack: promise to make Flora happy.1861, Frank B[oott] Goodrich, “Act III.”, in Flirtation, and What Comes of It. A Comedy in Five Acts., New York, N.Y.: Rudd & Carleton, […], →OCLC, page 45
- Moreover, with the utmost magnanimity her bridegroom took her at her ardent entreaty for a honeyweek to Tynemouth, replenishing her wardrobe lavishly for the occasion, and altogether behaving as a fond and conventional husband should do.1897, Algernon Gissing, “Cutting the Knot”, in The Scholar of Bygate: A Tale […], volume II, London: Hutchinson & Co. […], →OCLC, page 95
Forms of honeyweek
| plural | honeyweeks |
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Origin of honeyweek
From honey + week, after honeymoon.
Questions about honeyweek
- What does honeyweek mean?
- Honeyweek means a honeymoon lasting a week.
- What part of speech is honeyweek?
- Honeyweek is a noun.
- What is the plural of honeyweek?
- The plural of honeyweek is honeyweeks.
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