Affectionate
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+ | ===Etymology 1=== | ||
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+ | Partly from Latin ''[[affectionatus]],'' partly from ''[[affection]]'' + ''[[-ate]].'' | ||
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+ | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
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+ | (UK, US) IPA: /əˈfɛkʃənət/ | ||
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+ | ===Adjective=== | ||
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+ | '''affectionate''' (''[[comparative]]'' '''more affectionate''', ''[[superlative]]'' '''most affectionate''') | ||
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+ | * 1.Having [[affection]] or warm [[regard]]; [[loving]]; [[fond]]; as, an affectionate brother. | ||
+ | * 2.Proceeding from affection; indicating [[ove]]; [[tender]]; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language. | ||
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+ | ===Synonyms=== | ||
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+ | * [[tender]]; [[attached]]; [[loving]]; [[devoted]]; [[warm]]; [[fond]]; [[earnest]]; [[ardent]]. | ||
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+ | ===Derived terms=== | ||
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+ | * [[affectionately]] | ||
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+ | ===Related terms=== | ||
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+ | * [[affect]] | ||
+ | * [[affectation]] | ||
+ | * [[affecter]] | ||
+ | * [[affective]] | ||
+ | * [[affection]] | ||
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+ | ===Etymology 2=== | ||
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+ | Either from the adjective, or from ''[[affection]]'' + ''[[-ate]]'' (modelled on Middle French ''[[affectionner]]''). | ||
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+ | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
+ | IPA: /əˈfɛkʃəneɪt/ | ||
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+ | ===Verb=== | ||
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+ | '''to affectionate''' (third-person singular simple present affectionates, present participle affectionating, simple past and past participle affectionated) | ||
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+ | :1.(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for. | ||
+ | :2.(''[[obsolete]]'', ''[[reflexive]]'') To emotionally attach (oneself) to. | ||
+ | ::* 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 21: | ||
+ | ::::Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that [...etc.] |
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English
Etymology 1
Partly from Latin affectionatus, partly from affection + -ate.
Pronunciation
(UK, US) IPA: /əˈfɛkʃənət/
Adjective
affectionate (comparative more affectionate, superlative most affectionate)
- 1.Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
- 2.Proceeding from affection; indicating ove; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Either from the adjective, or from affection + -ate (modelled on Middle French affectionner).
Pronunciation
IPA: /əˈfɛkʃəneɪt/
Verb
to affectionate (third-person singular simple present affectionates, present participle affectionating, simple past and past participle affectionated)
- 1.(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
- 2.(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 21:
- Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that [...etc.]