adorabilityn.
/əˌdɔːrəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /əˌdɔrəˈbɪlᵻdi/ The quality of being adorable (in either sense); adorableness.
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society > faith > worship > [noun] > worthiness of
adorability1637
adorableness1648
worshipability1816
the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [noun] > quality of being worthy of love
love-worth?1611
adorability1637
loveworthiness1845
adorableness1876
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. iv. 64 If adorability agree to the humanity of Christ, then may his humanity help and save us.
1683 London Bully 52 O Adorable Beauty, and Beautiful Adorability!
1716 Glaucus viii. 24 Adorability is as much the Property of the Divine Nature, as Omnisciency and Omni-presence.
1794 R. Burns Let. 19 Oct. (1985) II. 316 The adorability of her charms.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) II. 35 Both Lælius and Faustus Socinus laid down the adorability of Jesus in strong terms.
1859 Illustr. Mag. 7 196/2 You may go forth with the milkmaid to her pleasant task, and quaff the rich steaming adorability so innocent of chalk and city sophistications.
1920 Times 20 Apr. 11/2 If your lordship would be content to make a public pronouncement of faith in the adorability of the Blessed Sacrament, [etc.].
1971 Life 9 July 9/2 Such self-conscious adorability is finally painful.
2005 J. Barnes Arthur & George (2007) 253 Jean looks as adorable as ever, except that her adorability does not set off the normal response.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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