affectionate
/əˈfɛkʃənət/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.35 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
Example Sentences
- "She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother."
- "the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language"
- "Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance."
- "Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that […]."
- "And firſt, his Majeſty would have you to underſtand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated 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 your affectionated husband CHARLES DICKENS"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin afficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin affectiō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin affectiōnātuslbor. English affectionate Learned borrowing from Latin affectiōnātus. By surface analysis, affection + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of aficionado.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more affectionate (comparative)
most affectionate (superlative)
affectionates (present, singular)
affectionating (participle, present)
affectionated (participle, past)
affectionated (past)