† lovingn.¹

Forms: Old English lofung, Middle English loeuynge, Middle English lofyng, Middle English lonynge (transmission error), Middle English loouing, Middle English loouynge, Middle English looving, Middle English loovynge, Middle English loowynge, Middle English loueng, Middle English loueuyng (transmission error), Middle English loueyng, Middle English loueynge, Middle English louying, Middle English loveyng, Middle English lovyng, Middle English lovynge, Middle English lowing, Middle English lowyng, Middle English lowynge, Middle English loyfynge (northern), Middle English luing (transmission error), Middle English–1500s louing, Middle English–1500s louyng, Middle English–1500s louynge, Middle English–1500s loving, 1500s loauing, 1500s lovinge; Scottish pre-1700 lofeng, pre-1700 loffyng, pre-1700 loffynge, pre-1700 lofing, pre-1700 lofinge, pre-1700 lofynge, pre-1700 loifing, pre-1700 louing, pre-1700 louyng, pre-1700 lovinge, pre-1700 lovyn, pre-1700 lovyng, pre-1700 lovynge, pre-1700 lowfyng, pre-1700 lowin, pre-1700 lowine, pre-1700 lowing, pre-1700 lowinge, pre-1700 lowyn, pre-1700 lowyng, pre-1700 lowynge, pre-1700 1700s loving.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: love v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < love v.² + -ing suffix¹.Sometimes difficult to distinguish < loving n.² Occasional forms with -u- rather than -o- in Middle English and Older Scots are apparently the result of semantic association or confusion with loving n.² (if they do not instead show that word). Compare discussion at love v.²

Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use).

Praise, acclaim, glorification; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > one who loves

lovingeOE

lovera1387

amourc1400

patriot1631

amorist1635

the mind > emotion > love > affection > [noun]

lovingeOE

cherte?c1225

amoura1300

dearnessc1320

affectionc1384

homelinessc1384

kindnessc1390

affect1440

gleimc1449

regard?1533

infection1600

affectation1607

fonding1640

endearedness1654

charities1667

endearment1709

affectuosity1730

affectionateness1751

fondliness1821

grá1833

aroha1846

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun]

lofeOE

heryingc897

lovingeOE

hereworda1100

pricec1225

laudc1384

magnifyingc1384

allowancec1390

loange1390

lof-wordc1390

roosec1390

commendation1393

commendinga1400

presa1400

commendmentc1400

praisea1425

roosinga1425

lauding1489

lovage1489

laudationa1500

magnificationa1500

predication1528

extolling1558

advancement1564

celebrating1573

plauda1593

applause1600

extolment1604

panegyric1613

collaudation1623

commendatinga1625

say-well1629

renown1631

euge1658

extollation1661

eulogy1725

acclaim1759

eulogism1761

encomium1785

eulogium1803

commemoration1823

glorification1850

laudification1890

bualadh bos1908

kudos to ——1936

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] > song

lovingeOE

paean1598

Magnificat1614

praise song1886

eOE Royal Psalter ciii. 34 Suauis sit ei laudatio mea : wynsum sie him lofung min.

OE Lambeth Psalter ix. 15 Ut annuntiem omnes laudationes tuas in portis filie sion : þæt ic bodige uel þæt ic kyþe ealle herunga uel lofunga þine on geatum dehter uel dohtra þæs muntes.

c1350 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 58 (MED) To þe fadir an te sonne be louyng maste, and to þe holi ronere with chaste.

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) ix. 14 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 140 Þat I schewe forth to sprede Þine loueynges euerilkone.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13245 Sant ion was don o lijf..To þe Iues þat war felun In his louing he [sc. Jesus] made sermon.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 To gyue therfore synguler louynges & thankes.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 283 Now demys, quhethir mair lovyng [1489 Adv. lowing] Suld tedeus haf, or the king!

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 51 (MED) He þat gyues his good to hem þat hauys no myster, he purchases no louynge þerof.

1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Biii^v Thay that desiris lowine or vane gloir.

1539 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 83 I..beinge of holl and perfite mynde..lovinge be to God.

1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. B4 The maiestie of God was praisd, with louings loud on hight.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Lovingis, praises, Scotch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

lovingn.²

Brit.

/ˈlʌvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈləvɪŋ/

Forms: Old English lufung, Middle English lofynge, Middle English loouyng, Middle English looving, Middle English louengge, Middle English louiinge, Middle English lovyng, Middle English lovynge, Middle English luffenge, Middle English lufing, Middle English lufinge, Middle English–1500s louynge, 1500s–1600s louing, 1600s– loving; Scottish pre-1700 louing, pre-1700 lovinge, pre-1700 lovynge, pre-1700 luffing, pre-1700 luffyng, pre-1700 lufing, pre-1700 lufinge, pre-1700 luiffing, pre-1700 1700s– loving, 1800s looin (rare).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: love v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < love v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.Compare loving n.¹ and discussion at that entry.

The action of love v.¹; love, affection.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun]

loveeOE

loveredOE

lovingOE

charity?c1225

lovenessa1250

dilection1388

cherishnessc1420

affixedness1668

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > action of loving

lovingOE

inloving1633

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Hatton) (1900) i. x. 73 Þa lufedon hi hyre magas lichamlice & on þære lufunge [OE Corpus Cambr. for þære lufan] wæron hyre ehtende, swa þæt hi befæston þæt wif dryum & scincræftigum to bogitenne [read begitenne] þær hyre hæle læcedom.

1372 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 86 Perce myn herte with þi louengge.

a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 27746 (MED) Wreth..blindes a man..Of gude lufing it brekes þe band.

c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Fairf. 16) (1879) Prol. l. 544 For she taught al the crafte of fyne lovyng.

c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 766 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 85 Fore, criste,..I ȝarne oure althinge, to be and dwel in þi lovynge.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Addicion Amatio, a louynge.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. f. 205 Hard..is the destinie of womankinde, the tryall of whose vertue must stande vpon the louing of them, that employe all theyr industrie not to be beloued.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 182 Most frendship, is fayning; most Louing, meere folly.

1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 79 in Purple Island What fool commends a stone for never moving?.. Cease then, fond men, to blaze your constant loving.

1681 J. Howe Of Charity 18 Let Charity be the loving of another as I ought to do my self.

1729 C. Coffey Beggar's Wedding iii. i. 50 We'll love whilst loving is good.

1765 E. Griffith Platonic Wife ii. ii. 28 There is happiness sufficient, in the bare loving of an amiable object.

1855 R. Browning One Word More v Dante..Hated wickedness that hinders loving.

1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche iii. xxii. 35 He was the lover she had lacked, and she, Loving his loving, was his willing bride.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers xiii. 365 Their loving grew more mechanical, without the marvellous glamour.

1956 E. Fromm Art of Loving iv. 128 To be active in thought..is an indispensable condition for the practice of the art of loving.

2004 Independent (Nexis) 23 July 26 He..feared there would be an explosion of same-sex loving.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

lovingadj.

Brit.

/ˈlʌvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈləvɪŋ/

Forms: see love v.¹ and -ing suffix²; also late Middle English loueyng, late Middle English–1500s louying, 1500s loffyng, 1500s–1700s loveing, 1600s loueinge, 1600s loven; Scottish pre-1700 louefing, pre-1700 lufeand, pre-1700 luffying.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: love v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < love v.¹ + -ing suffix².

a. That loves; affectionate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective]

chisa700

lovewendeOE

lovingOE

lovelyOE

kinda1375

fond1539

fainingc1540

affectionate1576

affectioned1578

affectiousc1580

affectionateda1586

affecting1600

dear1609

affective1613

affectional1689

attached1734

aff1752

warm1765

lovey1920

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > loving

lovingOE

jealous?c1225

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 10 Hic amans uir, þes lufienda wer;..hoc amans mancipium, þes lufienda þeowa man.

a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 185 Let me beo mi [read þi] leofmon.., louende louerd.

a1450 Castle of Love (Bodl. Add.) (1967) l. 290 And foure dowghtryne hede this kyng, And to vche he wes lovyng [c1390 Vernon to vchone sunderlyng].

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iv. 7 Yaim yat till hym luffand wer Or kyn or freynd.

1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xvii. sig. Dii^v/2 It is yeuen vs & sende vs, fro our louyng fader.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 43 Now, who would not be glad that had A child so lufand as thou art?

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 55/2 A louing man & passing wel beloued.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 82 They were louing and kinde to him, and he to them.

1610 tr. M. Bartox in tr. J. Haren Repentance of Iohn Haren sig. G2 It is the part of a louing mother..to bring vp her children in the obedience and feare of God.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 330 They are the honestest, the loveingest, and the most conscientious Couple breatheing.

1796 J. G. Holman Abroad & at Home iii. ii. 71 Must I be torn from my loving wife?

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 254 They got to be as loving as turtles.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 723 He brought that force only for the defence of his person and for the protection of his loving subjects.

1866 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius §1 Help, loving Lord! Thou my sole Refuge, Thou.

1951 D. Thomas Let. Oct. (1987) 814 Dai Bread the baker..has two wives: one is loving & mothering, sacklike & jolly.

1998 Columbia Law Rev. 98 1556 Whether the victim was an alcoholic or drug addict made little difference. Nor did it make much difference whether the victim had a loving family.

b. Used formulaically in letters, royal proclamations, etc.

ΚΠ

1529 T. More Let. in Wks. (1557) 1419/2 At Woodestok..by the hand of Your louing husbande Thomas More knight.

c1600 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 204 To mey Verey Louing frend mr Allin.

1624 King James VI & I Comm. Governor Virginia 26 Aug. in Wiliam & Mary Q. 8 (1928) 158 At the humble suite of divers of our loving subiects intending to deduce a Colonie..in that parte of America comonly called Virginia.

1685 R. Turner Let. in W. Penn Further Acct. Pennsylvania 14 I am, &c. thy truly Loving Friend. Robert Tvrner.

1756 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 2) xiii. 31 Your ever loving, and affectionate Sister.

1805 King George III. Proclam. Gen. Fast 2 Jan. in Times 7 Jan. 2/3 We do strictly charge and command, that the said Public Fast be reverently and devoutly observed by all our loving subjects in England and Ireland.

1890 A. E. Barr Friend Olivia xv, in Century June 191/2 I long to see you and so abide your loving mother, Joan Kelder.

1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xiv. 118 With stacks of love to all at home, and a whole dray-load for yourself, from your loving sister, Sybylla.

1999 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 9 Dec. 44/3 Remembered and missed dearly by family and friends and most of all by your loving wife.

c. figurative. Of earth, mud, etc.: clinging, adhesive. Now chiefly British regional.

ΚΠ

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 154 By this meanes the strawe is made lovinger and is allsoe kept from growinge on the howses.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The sile's that loovin' it'll stick to yer 'eels cloder nur a doog.

a1902 W. P. Merrick in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1902) III. 673/1 [West Midlands] This clay's pretty loving; look'ee how it sticks to my spade.

1998 Church Times 3 Apr. 28/3 Yesterday I took a diagonal walk across Duncan's field, which was dusty grey. This nice wet morning it will be ‘loving’, i.e. clinging.

2000 T. Wales Sussex as She wus Spoke (2002) 31 Loving mud, Sussex mud. Becus it do cling so.

2. Of words, actions, etc.: proceeding from love; demonstrating or characterized by love.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [adjective]

lovesomeOE

lovelyOE

amorousa1393

lovinga1450

lovingly1493

beloving1549

amorevolousa1670

romantic1866

amorist1882

a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) 1585 (MED) Louynge serues and godely speche Agayn enuye ys helpe and leche.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxvii. 118 Her louynge countenaunce so hygh dyde appere That it me rauysshed.

1590 T. Fenne Frutes sig. Dd2 With my sonne to comfort me, these louing words did send My friend.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 39 They continue that louing custome deuoutly to this day.

1697 T. Crisp Just & Lawful Tryal Foxonian Chief Priests 77 Now comes their loving words.

1710 S. Centlivre Man's Bewitch'd iii. ii. 36 He..casts such loving Looks every time he sees me.

1794 E. Stiles Hist. Three Judges King Charles I ii. 123 After you had given me a loving account of a business wherein you have done your best.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 224 His fingers pushed their loving way Through curl on curl.

1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 54 He was held in most loving remembrance.

1921 I. Gershwin Silly Season in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 17/2 Loving phrases fill the air.

1964 G. Friel Boy who wanted Peace viii. 104 He swallowed his loving anguish for the unfriended boy.

1999 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 29 Nov. 34/5 Another bond is made, enabling them to communicate in a loving and playful manner.

3. With prefixed noun, as fun-loving, home-loving, money-loving, pleasure-loving: see the first element.

Compounds

loving-hearted, loving-kind adjs.; loving-kindly adj. and adv.; loving-heartedness, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [adverb] > specific

over-tenderlyc1475

loving-kindlya1599

meltingly1680

kindheartedly1803

a1599 R. Rollock Fiue & Twentie Lect. (1619) viii. 80 There is a louing hearted Christian.

1765 C. Smart tr. Psalms David xlii. 40 The Lord is good and loving-kind.

1814 J. Galt Apostate ii. iii, in New Brit. Theatre III. 317 Think what she once was to me, loving kind.

1840 J. R. Lowell Love in Writings (1890) 22 A love..that seeth faults, Not with flaw-seeking eyes..But loving-kindly ever looks them down.

1883 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 3 May She turned her attention to the sick and wounded soldiery..in which work she was aided by other loving-hearted women.

1903 T. Hardy Dynasts I. i. vi. 33 In its early, loving-kindly days Of gracious purpose.

1926 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 226 It may have been the sirocco, which never makes for loving-heartedness.

1960 Clergy Rev. Jan. 14 More's way, detached, peaceful and loving-kind, must have set him dreaming.

2000 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 30 Mar. ja 2 He just is an extraordinarily loving-hearted person.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹eOE

n.²OE

adj.OE

单词	loving
释义	† lovingn.¹ Forms: Old English lofung, Middle English loeuynge, Middle English lofyng, Middle English lonynge (transmission error), Middle English loouing, Middle English loouynge, Middle English looving, Middle English loovynge, Middle English loowynge, Middle English loueng, Middle English loueuyng (transmission error), Middle English loueyng, Middle English loueynge, Middle English louying, Middle English loveyng, Middle English lovyng, Middle English lovynge, Middle English lowing, Middle English lowyng, Middle English lowynge, Middle English loyfynge (northern), Middle English luing (transmission error), Middle English–1500s louing, Middle English–1500s louyng, Middle English–1500s louynge, Middle English–1500s loving, 1500s loauing, 1500s lovinge; Scottish pre-1700 lofeng, pre-1700 loffyng, pre-1700 loffynge, pre-1700 lofing, pre-1700 lofinge, pre-1700 lofynge, pre-1700 loifing, pre-1700 louing, pre-1700 louyng, pre-1700 lovinge, pre-1700 lovyn, pre-1700 lovyng, pre-1700 lovynge, pre-1700 lowfyng, pre-1700 lowin, pre-1700 lowine, pre-1700 lowing, pre-1700 lowinge, pre-1700 lowyn, pre-1700 lowyng, pre-1700 lowynge, pre-1700 1700s loving. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: love v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < love v.² + -ing suffix¹.Sometimes difficult to distinguish < loving n.² Occasional forms with -u- rather than -o- in Middle English and Older Scots are apparently the result of semantic association or confusion with loving n.² (if they do not instead show that word). Compare discussion at love v.² Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use). Praise, acclaim, glorification; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > one who loves lovingeOE lovera1387 amourc1400 patriot1631 amorist1635 the mind > emotion > love > affection > [noun] lovingeOE cherte?c1225 amoura1300 dearnessc1320 affectionc1384 homelinessc1384 kindnessc1390 affect1440 gleimc1449 regard?1533 infection1600 affectation1607 fonding1640 endearedness1654 charities1667 endearment1709 affectuosity1730 affectionateness1751 fondliness1821 grá1833 aroha1846 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] lofeOE heryingc897 lovingeOE hereworda1100 pricec1225 laudc1384 magnifyingc1384 allowancec1390 loange1390 lof-wordc1390 roosec1390 commendation1393 commendinga1400 presa1400 commendmentc1400 praisea1425 roosinga1425 lauding1489 lovage1489 laudationa1500 magnificationa1500 predication1528 extolling1558 advancement1564 celebrating1573 plauda1593 applause1600 extolment1604 panegyric1613 collaudation1623 commendatinga1625 say-well1629 renown1631 euge1658 extollation1661 eulogy1725 acclaim1759 eulogism1761 encomium1785 eulogium1803 commemoration1823 glorification1850 laudification1890 bualadh bos1908 kudos to ——1936 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] > song lovingeOE paean1598 Magnificat1614 praise song1886 eOE Royal Psalter ciii. 34 Suauis sit ei laudatio mea : wynsum sie him lofung min. OE Lambeth Psalter ix. 15 Ut annuntiem omnes laudationes tuas in portis filie sion : þæt ic bodige uel þæt ic kyþe ealle herunga uel lofunga þine on geatum dehter uel dohtra þæs muntes. c1350 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 58 (MED) To þe fadir an te sonne be louyng maste, and to þe holi ronere with chaste. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) ix. 14 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 140 Þat I schewe forth to sprede Þine loueynges euerilkone. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13245 Sant ion was don o lijf..To þe Iues þat war felun In his louing he [sc. Jesus] made sermon. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 To gyue therfore synguler louynges & thankes. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 283 Now demys, quhethir mair lovyng [1489 Adv. lowing] Suld tedeus haf, or the king! a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 51 (MED) He þat gyues his good to hem þat hauys no myster, he purchases no louynge þerof. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Biii^v Thay that desiris lowine or vane gloir. 1539 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 83 I..beinge of holl and perfite mynde..lovinge be to God. 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. B4 The maiestie of God was praisd, with louings loud on hight. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Lovingis, praises, Scotch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). lovingn.² Brit. /ˈlʌvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈləvɪŋ/ Forms: Old English lufung, Middle English lofynge, Middle English loouyng, Middle English looving, Middle English louengge, Middle English louiinge, Middle English lovyng, Middle English lovynge, Middle English luffenge, Middle English lufing, Middle English lufinge, Middle English–1500s louynge, 1500s–1600s louing, 1600s– loving; Scottish pre-1700 louing, pre-1700 lovinge, pre-1700 lovynge, pre-1700 luffing, pre-1700 luffyng, pre-1700 lufing, pre-1700 lufinge, pre-1700 luiffing, pre-1700 1700s– loving, 1800s looin (rare). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: love v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < love v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.Compare loving n.¹ and discussion at that entry. The action of love v.¹; love, affection. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] loveeOE loveredOE lovingOE charity?c1225 lovenessa1250 dilection1388 cherishnessc1420 affixedness1668 the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > action of loving lovingOE inloving1633 OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Hatton) (1900) i. x. 73 Þa lufedon hi hyre magas lichamlice & on þære lufunge [OE Corpus Cambr. for þære lufan] wæron hyre ehtende, swa þæt hi befæston þæt wif dryum & scincræftigum to bogitenne [read begitenne] þær hyre hæle læcedom. 1372 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 86 Perce myn herte with þi louengge. a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 27746 (MED) Wreth..blindes a man..Of gude lufing it brekes þe band. c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Fairf. 16) (1879) Prol. l. 544 For she taught al the crafte of fyne lovyng. c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 766 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 85 Fore, criste,..I ȝarne oure althinge, to be and dwel in þi lovynge. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Addicion Amatio, a louynge. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. f. 205 Hard..is the destinie of womankinde, the tryall of whose vertue must stande vpon the louing of them, that employe all theyr industrie not to be beloued. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 182 Most frendship, is fayning; most Louing, meere folly. View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 79 in Purple Island What fool commends a stone for never moving?.. Cease then, fond men, to blaze your constant loving. 1681 J. Howe Of Charity 18 Let Charity be the loving of another as I ought to do my self. 1729 C. Coffey Beggar's Wedding iii. i. 50 We'll love whilst loving is good. 1765 E. Griffith Platonic Wife ii. ii. 28 There is happiness sufficient, in the bare loving of an amiable object. 1855 R. Browning One Word More v Dante..Hated wickedness that hinders loving. 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche iii. xxii. 35 He was the lover she had lacked, and she, Loving his loving, was his willing bride. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers xiii. 365 Their loving grew more mechanical, without the marvellous glamour. 1956 E. Fromm Art of Loving iv. 128 To be active in thought..is an indispensable condition for the practice of the art of loving. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 23 July 26 He..feared there would be an explosion of same-sex loving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lovingadj. Brit. /ˈlʌvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈləvɪŋ/ Forms: see love v.¹ and -ing suffix²; also late Middle English loueyng, late Middle English–1500s louying, 1500s loffyng, 1500s–1700s loveing, 1600s loueinge, 1600s loven; Scottish pre-1700 louefing, pre-1700 lufeand, pre-1700 luffying. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: love v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < love v.¹ + -ing suffix². 1. a. That loves; affectionate. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective] chisa700 lovewendeOE lovingOE lovelyOE kinda1375 fond1539 fainingc1540 affectionate1576 affectioned1578 affectiousc1580 affectionateda1586 affecting1600 dear1609 affective1613 affectional1689 attached1734 aff1752 warm1765 lovey1920 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > loving lovingOE jealous?c1225 OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 10 Hic amans uir, þes lufienda wer;..hoc amans mancipium, þes lufienda þeowa man. a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 185 Let me beo mi [read þi] leofmon.., louende louerd. a1450 Castle of Love (Bodl. Add.) (1967) l. 290 And foure dowghtryne hede this kyng, And to vche he wes lovyng [c1390 Vernon to vchone sunderlyng]. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iv. 7 Yaim yat till hym luffand wer Or kyn or freynd. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xvii. sig. Dii^v/2 It is yeuen vs & sende vs, fro our louyng fader. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 43 Now, who would not be glad that had A child so lufand as thou art? a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 55/2 A louing man & passing wel beloued. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 82 They were louing and kinde to him, and he to them. 1610 tr. M. Bartox in tr. J. Haren Repentance of Iohn Haren sig. G2 It is the part of a louing mother..to bring vp her children in the obedience and feare of God. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 330 They are the honestest, the loveingest, and the most conscientious Couple breatheing. 1796 J. G. Holman Abroad & at Home iii. ii. 71 Must I be torn from my loving wife? 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 254 They got to be as loving as turtles. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 723 He brought that force only for the defence of his person and for the protection of his loving subjects. 1866 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius §1 Help, loving Lord! Thou my sole Refuge, Thou. 1951 D. Thomas Let. Oct. (1987) 814 Dai Bread the baker..has two wives: one is loving & mothering, sacklike & jolly. 1998 Columbia Law Rev. 98 1556 Whether the victim was an alcoholic or drug addict made little difference. Nor did it make much difference whether the victim had a loving family. b. Used formulaically in letters, royal proclamations, etc. ΚΠ 1529 T. More Let. in Wks. (1557) 1419/2 At Woodestok..by the hand of Your louing husbande Thomas More knight. c1600 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 204 To mey Verey Louing frend mr Allin. 1624 King James VI & I Comm. Governor Virginia 26 Aug. in Wiliam & Mary Q. 8 (1928) 158 At the humble suite of divers of our loving subiects intending to deduce a Colonie..in that parte of America comonly called Virginia. 1685 R. Turner Let. in W. Penn Further Acct. Pennsylvania 14 I am, &c. thy truly Loving Friend. Robert Tvrner. 1756 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 2) xiii. 31 Your ever loving, and affectionate Sister. 1805 King George III. Proclam. Gen. Fast 2 Jan. in Times 7 Jan. 2/3 We do strictly charge and command, that the said Public Fast be reverently and devoutly observed by all our loving subjects in England and Ireland. 1890 A. E. Barr Friend Olivia xv, in Century June 191/2 I long to see you and so abide your loving mother, Joan Kelder. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xiv. 118 With stacks of love to all at home, and a whole dray-load for yourself, from your loving sister, Sybylla. 1999 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 9 Dec. 44/3 Remembered and missed dearly by family and friends and most of all by your loving wife. c. figurative. Of earth, mud, etc.: clinging, adhesive. Now chiefly British regional. ΚΠ a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 154 By this meanes the strawe is made lovinger and is allsoe kept from growinge on the howses. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The sile's that loovin' it'll stick to yer 'eels cloder nur a doog. a1902 W. P. Merrick in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1902) III. 673/1 [West Midlands] This clay's pretty loving; look'ee how it sticks to my spade. 1998 Church Times 3 Apr. 28/3 Yesterday I took a diagonal walk across Duncan's field, which was dusty grey. This nice wet morning it will be ‘loving’, i.e. clinging. 2000 T. Wales Sussex as She wus Spoke (2002) 31 Loving mud, Sussex mud. Becus it do cling so. 2. Of words, actions, etc.: proceeding from love; demonstrating or characterized by love. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] lovesomeOE lovelyOE amorousa1393 lovinga1450 lovingly1493 beloving1549 amorevolousa1670 romantic1866 amorist1882 a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) 1585 (MED) Louynge serues and godely speche Agayn enuye ys helpe and leche. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxvii. 118 Her louynge countenaunce so hygh dyde appere That it me rauysshed. 1590 T. Fenne Frutes sig. Dd2 With my sonne to comfort me, these louing words did send My friend. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 39 They continue that louing custome deuoutly to this day. 1697 T. Crisp Just & Lawful Tryal Foxonian Chief Priests 77 Now comes their loving words. 1710 S. Centlivre Man's Bewitch'd iii. ii. 36 He..casts such loving Looks every time he sees me. 1794 E. Stiles Hist. Three Judges King Charles I ii. 123 After you had given me a loving account of a business wherein you have done your best. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 224 His fingers pushed their loving way Through curl on curl. 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 54 He was held in most loving remembrance. 1921 I. Gershwin Silly Season in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 17/2 Loving phrases fill the air. 1964 G. Friel Boy who wanted Peace viii. 104 He swallowed his loving anguish for the unfriended boy. 1999 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 29 Nov. 34/5 Another bond is made, enabling them to communicate in a loving and playful manner. 3. With prefixed noun, as fun-loving, home-loving, money-loving, pleasure-loving: see the first element. Compounds loving-hearted, loving-kind adjs.; loving-kindly adj. and adv.; loving-heartedness, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [adverb] > specific over-tenderlyc1475 loving-kindlya1599 meltingly1680 kindheartedly1803 a1599 R. Rollock Fiue & Twentie Lect. (1619) viii. 80 There is a louing hearted Christian. 1765 C. Smart tr. Psalms David xlii. 40 The Lord is good and loving-kind. 1814 J. Galt Apostate ii. iii, in New Brit. Theatre III. 317 Think what she once was to me, loving kind. 1840 J. R. Lowell Love in Writings (1890) 22 A love..that seeth faults, Not with flaw-seeking eyes..But loving-kindly ever looks them down. 1883 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 3 May She turned her attention to the sick and wounded soldiery..in which work she was aided by other loving-hearted women. 1903 T. Hardy Dynasts I. i. vi. 33 In its early, loving-kindly days Of gracious purpose. 1926 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 226 It may have been the sirocco, which never makes for loving-heartedness. 1960 Clergy Rev. Jan. 14 More's way, detached, peaceful and loving-kind, must have set him dreaming. 2000 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 30 Mar. ja 2 He just is an extraordinarily loving-hearted person. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹eOEn.²OEadj.OE
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