honey

 
Pronunciation: /ˈhʌni/

noun (plural honeys)

  • 1 [mass noun] a sweet, sticky yellowish-brown fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers.
  • a yellowish-brown or golden colour: [as modifier]: her honey skin
  • any sweet substance similar to bees' honey.
  • 2 informal an excellent example of something: it’s one honey of an adaptation
  • an attractive girl: she’s a little honey
  • darling; sweetheart (usually as a form of address): hi, honey!

Origin:

Old English hunig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch honig and German Honig