oenomel C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈinəmɛl/ UK /ˈiːnəmɛl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an ancient drink of wine mixed with honey; something combining strength and sweetness The poet praised her words as oenomel, both potent and sweet. Thesaurus Word family Related forms oenologymeadhydromel Etymology AI details From Ancient Greek oinomeli, from oinos ('wine') plus meli ('honey'), denoting a mixture of wine and honey. οἶνος Ancient Greek μέλι Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # oenomel **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈinəmɛl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈiːnəmɛl/ ## Meanings 1. an ancient drink of wine mixed with honey; something combining strength and sweetness ## Examples - The poet praised her words as oenomel, both potent and sweet. ## Related Forms - oenology - mead - hydromel ## Roots and Affixes - Root: οἶνος - Root: μέλι ## Etymology From Ancient Greek oinomeli, from oinos ('wine') plus meli ('honey'), denoting a mixture of wine and honey. ## AI Etymology Oenomel is from Ancient Greek oinomeli, from oinos ('wine') plus meli ('honey'), denoting a mixture of wine and honey. Important recorded forms include οἶνος (Ancient Greek) and μέλι (Ancient Greek). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers an ancient drink of wine mixed with honey; something combining strength and sweetness. The wider family includes related words such as oenology, mead, and hydromel. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown