Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caressing name

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: ca-ress-ing -name
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A name or nickname used to express affection, especially to a child, parent, or other loved one.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Robin’s Young Chevalier diligently filled the glass of Charles’s Greysteel,—such were their old caressing names for each other […]"
"“Mother,” said he, after a pause, coming nearer […] “mammy darling,” said he, using the caressing name, which he had been trying to drop as not sufficiently manly"
"1866, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Birds of Prey, Book 3, Chapter 4, in Belgravia, February, 1867, p. 395, Miss Halliday consented to call her mother’s husband “Papa,” though the caressing name seemed in a manner to stick in her throat."
"1923, Ernest Jones, “The Theory of Symbolism” in Papers on Psycho-Analysis, New York: William Wood, p. 142, […] the four ideas that keep recurring in connection with the name ‘punchinello’ are (1) a caressing name for male offspring, equivalent to ‘little man’ […]"
"She would call me by caressing names, she would talk to me about my dear Mamma and my little brothers and sisters […]"

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

caressing names (plural)

Synonyms

pet name term of endearment

Questions

What does caressing name mean?: A name or nickname used to express affection, especially to a child, parent, or other loved one.

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