Definition of Pet name

1. Noun. A name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix). "`Billy' is a hypocorism for `William'"

Exact synonyms: Hypocorism
Generic synonyms: Name

Definition of Pet name

1. Noun. A nickname, especially a name used by those in love with one another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pet Name

pestolike
pestos
pestre
pestred
pestres
pestring
pests
pesty
pet-food
pet door
pet doors
pet food
pet hate
pet hates
pet insurance
pet name (current term)
pet names
pet peeve
pet peeves
pet project
pet projects
pet shop
pet shops
pet sitter
pet sitting
peta-
petabecquerel
petabecquerels
petabit
petabits

Literary usage of Pet name

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge by Sara Coleridge Coleridge, Edith Coleridge (1873)
"X. A pet name—Childlike Playfulness of Aristophanes—Theological Readings of SC—The Miracle of Gadara—The Origin of Mental Disorders not a Religious, ..."

2. Poems, by E.B. Barrett by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1856)
"THE PET-NAME. - the name Which from THEIR lips seemed a caress. 1 Miss MITFORD'S Dramatic Scenes. I HAVE a name, a little name, ..."

3. The British Female Poets by George Washington Bethune (1865)
"Thy brightness in His face we find — Behold our darkness only there ! THE PET-NAME. the name Which from THEIR lips seemed a caress. ..."

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