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Word entry · 9 letters

honeymoon

Best crossword clue

"Newlyweds' trip"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ehmnnoooyStarts with HEnds with N3 cluesVery common crossword word
1H2O3N4E5Y6M7O8O9N

Definitions

  1. Trip or early period after a wedding.

Word origin

From earlier hony moone, originally denoting the period of time following a wedding, equivalent to honey + moon. The original reference was to affection waning like the moon, but later the sense became "the first month, or moon after marriage", which tends to be the sweetest.

Used in a sentence

  • The new minister and his wife were a young, pleasant-faced couple, still on their honeymoon, and full of all good and beautiful enthusiasms for their chosen lifework.
  • We went to Greece for our honeymoon.
  • Now that the honeymoon is over, it’s time for us to get down to the business at hand.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Newlyweds' trip9 letters
02Post-wedding trip9 letters
03Trip after a wedding9 letters

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