LekhoriLekhoriHaving affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language
Eager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.
To show affection to; to have affection for.
To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that […].
Learned borrowing from Latin affectiōnātus. By surface analysis, affection + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of aficionado.
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