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Definition of Endearment
1. Noun. The act of showing affection.
Definition of Endearment
1. n. The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.
Definition of Endearment
1. Noun. (context: an expression of) affection ¹
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Definition of Endearment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endearment
Literary usage of Endearment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... and overheard kissing, and other sounds of endearment, which left nothing to
doubt of the purpose of the visits. Her royal highness remained at Naples ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... darling ; a term of endearment. Hen. V, iii. 2. 20; Macbeth, iii. 2. 45 ; '
His chuck, that is, his wife', Earle, ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"A term of great endearment. After . . . Waterloo the Prussians were immensely
popular, ... endearment ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"A colloquial contraction of la Jу kin, which is a diminutive of endearment for lady.
.... endearment ..."
5. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"BOTH these terms mark a species of endearment. CARESS, like cherish, and the
French chérir and cher, comes from the Latin cams, dear, signifying the ..."
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