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   honeymoon

   /ˈhʌnɪmuːn/

   noun

   • 1. a holiday spent together by a newly married couple: "they flew to the West Indies on honeymoon"
   • ▪ an initial period of enthusiasm or goodwill, typically at the start of a new job: "the new President's honeymoon period"

   verb

   • 1. spend a honeymoon: "they are honeymooning in the south of France"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (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’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. honeymooner noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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   • O

     1

   • N

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   • E

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   • Y

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   • M

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   • O

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