Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little love; a beloved or lovable being.
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- noun A beloved little one;
darling ; a beloved or lovable thing.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Slim-waisted loveling, from his hair and brow, viii.
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I hung my hopes upon a maid, a loveling fair of them,
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And these are prime of youth and loss of loveling dear.
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Quoth Viridis: Whoso may be dead, or whoso alive, but if it were Hugh, my loveling, I were rejoiced beyond measure to find thee, my friend.
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But why doth not the sluggard at thy feet rise up and stand before me, if he be thy loveling?
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She drew aback, and was as a spiteful and angry cat, and there was no loveliness in her; and she said: Thou liest, and thou hatest me; see thou to it, both for thyself and thy loveling.
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Arthur nought but kind when he spake of Atra, nor spake Birdalone otherwise; but she said: I shall now say a hard word, yet must thou bear it, my loveling, since we twain are now become one, and have but one joy together and one sorrow.
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Hush, loveling,: she replied the same way, amusement at her Companion's vehemence restoring her good humor.
Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988
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Hush, loveling,: she replied the same way, amusement at her Companion's vehemence restoring her good humor.
Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988
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Now were the dale-dwellers all come together in their weapons, and they were glad of their King and his loveling; and stout men were they all, albeit some were old, and some scarce of man's age.
qms commented on the word loveling
Valentine's Weekend Snowstorm; New England Could See Blizzard Conditions
www.weather.com, Feb. 12, 2015.
In this, the season of love and snow,
How pay the double dues I owe?
What better, my loveling,
Than heartfelt shoveling
To soothe the sting of Cupid's bow?
February 14, 2015