cyphonism noun2 •(rare) An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.Another who got honey was Lucy; but it was the honey of cyphonism,—a little thin sweetening of praise spread over her to attract swarming insects with their bites and stings. — 1866 •(rare) An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
