enhoney
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To sweeten (figuratively); to entice, allure.
Example Sentences
- "I well perceive they are but scoffers, which sute and apply themselves unto our foolishnesse, thereby to enhonny [translating emmieler] and allure us to these opinions and hopes fitting our mortall appetite."
- "A high price to one so afflicted is a temptation and peril; it enhoneys and allures, inflames him with renewed madness for possession."
Etymology
From en- + honey.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: en
Inflected Forms
enhoneys (present, singular)
enhoneying (participle, present)
enhoneyed (participle, past)
enhoneyed (past)