loving
See also: Loving
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Middle English lovynge, lovyng (“love”), from Old English lufung; equivalent to love + -ing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
loving (usually uncountable, plural lovings)
- The action of the verb to love.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 132, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- all natural lovings and longings
AdjectiveEdit
loving (comparative lovinger or more loving, superlative lovingest or most loving)
- Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.
- his loving wife
SynonymsEdit
- adoring
- affectionate
- See also Thesaurus:affectionate
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
expressing a large amount of love
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VerbEdit
loving
Derived termsEdit
terms derived from all parts of speech
AnagramsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
loving
- Alternative form of lovynge (“praise”)