honeymoon
verb/ˈhʌnimuːn/
/ˈhʌnimuːn/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they honeymoon | /ˈhʌnimuːn/ /ˈhʌnimuːn/ |
| he / she / it honeymoons | /ˈhʌnimuːnz/ /ˈhʌnimuːnz/ |
| past simple honeymooned | /ˈhʌnimuːnd/ /ˈhʌnimuːnd/ |
| past participle honeymooned | /ˈhʌnimuːnd/ /ˈhʌnimuːnd/ |
| -ing form honeymooning | /ˈhʌnimuːnɪŋ/ /ˈhʌnimuːnɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to spend your honeymoon somewhere
- They are honeymooning in Paris.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting the period of time following a wedding): from honey + moon. The original reference was to affection waning like the moon, but later the sense became ‘the first month after marriage’.Want to learn more?
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