honeymoon
n
a a holiday taken by a newly married couple
b (as modifier)
a honeymoon cottage
2 a holiday considered to resemble a honeymoon
a second honeymoon
3 the early, usually calm period of a relationship, such as a political or business one
vb
4 intr to take a honeymoon
(C16: traditionally explained as an allusion to the feelings of married couples as changing with the phases of the moon)
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honeymooner n