单词 | lovableness |
释义 | lovablenessn. The quality of being lovable. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [noun] lovesomenessOE lovesomeheada1400 amiableness1528 amability1572 amiability1582 loveliness1657 lovableness1824 lovability1834 1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. I. 206 Rose Dalling was not a beauty..but she was all loveliness and loveableness. 1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage (1845) II. ix. 290 Beauty she had..a loveableness (to coin a word) of mien upon the stage almost irresistible. 1894 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 559 His thoughtfulness and wisdom and lovableness. 1915 T. S. Eliot Let. 18 Nov. (1988) I. 121 The presence of Maurice, his lovableness and goodness, made the evening different from what family parties usually are. 1951 H. T. Moore Life & Wks. D. H. Lawrence 133 In spite of his famous bitterness, Lawrence was capable of great gaiety and loveableness. 1998 Prospect Mar. 62/2 We have turned inwards on to our children—depending on them for our own reassurance as to our lovableness and worth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824 |
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