† dilectadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Beloved.
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the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adjective]
lief and deara900
dearOE
sweetOE
lovedOE
dearlyOE
liefOE
dearworth?c1225
chere1297
lovered1340
beloveda1375
dearworthyc1374
chary?a1400
sugaredc1475
tender1485
chereful1486
affectionatea1513
dilect1521
chare1583
ingling1595
darling1596
affected1600
in the love of1631
jewel-darling1643
adorable1653
fonded1684
endeared1841
dotey1852
1521 in H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge Prol. sig. ii A virgin resplendent Dilect of our lorde.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1521- heart sweetbread
- heart talk
- heart thimble
- heart timber
- heart trace
- heart transplant
- heart trefoil
- heart trouble
- heart tube
- heart urchin
- heart valve
- heart wall
- heart wheel
- heart will
- heart worship
- heart wound
- heart yarn
- heart's content
- heart's core
- heart's heart
- heart-aching
- heart-affecting
- heart-angry
- heart-bag
- heart-balm