darling

Lekhori

Definitions

1
Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
Pass the wine, would you, darling?
Similar
darl babber babe
2
A person who is kind, sweet, etc., and thus lovable; a pet, a sweetheart; also, an animal or thing which is cute and lovable.
The girl next door picks up all my shopping for me. She is such a darling.
3
A favourite.
And in ſo muche the more peril and haſard of the ſaid diſeaſes [“ambicion, auarice, riottous exceſſe, hatred, enuye, and ſuche others”] do the princes ſtand, as they are more then others made wantons ⁊ derelynges of fortune, and haue lybertie withoute checke or controllemente to fulfyll their owne ſenſuall luſtes and appetites.

1
Very dear; beloved, cherished, favourite.
She is my darling wife of twenty-two years.
2
Very cute or lovable; adorable, charming, sweet.

1
To call (someone) "darling" (noun noun, sense 1).
The frisky female, we have noticed, has one most unpleasant trick; it is that of darlinging and duckeying and otherwise spooneying her husband … in public. He is invariably, invariably set down as an ass, without its being in the least his fault.

name

1
An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname from darling.
Richard and David Darling, founders of Codemasters, a multimillion-pound computer game company, dropped out of school aged 15 and 16 to write computer games […]
2
A major river of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, named for Governor Ralph Darling.
3
The Australian aboriginal language Baagandji, spoken along this river in New South Wales.

Definitions

1
Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
Pass the wine, would you, darling?
Similar
darl babber babe
2
A person who is kind, sweet, etc., and thus lovable; a pet, a sweetheart; also, an animal or thing which is cute and lovable.
The girl next door picks up all my shopping for me. She is such a darling.
3
A favourite.
And in ſo muche the more peril and haſard of the ſaid diſeaſes [“ambicion, auarice, riottous exceſſe, hatred, enuye, and ſuche others”] do the princes ſtand, as they are more then others made wantons ⁊ derelynges of fortune, and haue lybertie withoute checke or controllemente to fulfyll their owne ſenſuall luſtes and appetites.

1
Very dear; beloved, cherished, favourite.
She is my darling wife of twenty-two years.
2
Very cute or lovable; adorable, charming, sweet.

1
To call (someone) "darling" (noun noun, sense 1).
The frisky female, we have noticed, has one most unpleasant trick; it is that of darlinging and duckeying and otherwise spooneying her husband … in public. He is invariably, invariably set down as an ass, without its being in the least his fault.

name

1
An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname from darling.
Richard and David Darling, founders of Codemasters, a multimillion-pound computer game company, dropped out of school aged 15 and 16 to write computer games […]
2
A major river of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, named for Governor Ralph Darling.
3
The Australian aboriginal language Baagandji, spoken along this river in New South Wales.

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