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affectionate

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English

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing fromLatinaffectiōnātus. Bysurface analysis,affection +‎-ate(adjective-forming suffix).Doublet ofaficionado.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /əˈfɛkʃənət/
  • Audio(US):(file)
  • Hyphenation:af‧fec‧tion‧ate

Adjective

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affectionate (comparativemoreaffectionate,superlativemostaffectionate)

  1. (of a person) Havingaffection or warmregard;loving;fond.
    She eulogised her always warm andaffectionate brother.
  2. (of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicatinglove;tender.
    theaffectionate care of a parent; anaffectionate countenance; anaffectionate message;affectionate language
  3. (obsolete)Eager;passionate; strongly inclined toward something.
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Translations
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loving
indicating love
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Etymology 2

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Either from the aboveadjective bymetanalysis or fromaffection +‎-ate(verb-forming suffix) (modelled onMiddle Frenchaffectionner (Frenchaffectionner)).

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Verb

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affectionate (third-person singular simple presentaffectionates,present participleaffectionating,simple past and past participleaffectionated)

  1. (rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
  2. (obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
    • , Folio Society, 2006, p.21:
      Plutarch saith fitly of those whoaffectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that […].
    • 1721, John Rushworth,Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629, volume 1,page222:
      And firſt, his Majeſty would have you to underſtand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or betteraffectionated to the right uſe of Parliaments, than his Majeſty hath approved himſelf to be, […].
    • 1838 February 1,Charles Dickens,To Catherine Dickens, 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor),The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens,page 41,
      Ever my dear Kate youraffectionated husband
      CHARLES DICKENS

Latin

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Adjective

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affectiōnāte

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofaffectiōnātus

Scots

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Adjective

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affectionate (comparativemair affectionate,superlativemaist affectionate)

  1. affectionate

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