cuddlesomeadj.
/ˈkʌd(ə)lsəm/ Meet to be cuddled.
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the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [adjective] > embraceable
clipsome1816
cuddly1862
cuddlesome1876
embraceable1879
hugsome1893
huggable1898
cuddleable1928
1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly III. v. 90 She was slender, and, if one may so speak of a Peeress, she was cuddlesome!
1893 Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 1 Sept. 3 The crowd of cuddlesome darlings in nice frocks.
1923 Daily Mail 27 Feb. 7 A rattlesnake has produced a family of thirty babies. There is nothing of cuddlesome, infant softness about these tenfold triplets.
1965 F. Raphael Darling xviii. 83 The soft toys were cuddlesome as anything.
1970 Homes & Gardens June 65/1 There were cuddlesome lion cubs and strokeable deer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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