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loveling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lovel-ing
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A beloved little one; darling; a beloved or lovable thing.

Etymology

From love + -ling. Compare West Frisian leaveling (“darling”), Dutch lieveling (“darling, sweetheart”), Afrikaans liefling (“darling”), German Liebling (“darling”); perhaps calqued, inspired, or reinforced by the term.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

lovelings (plural)

Antonyms

hateling

Questions

What does loveling mean?
A beloved little one; darling; a beloved or lovable thing.
Where does loveling come from?
From love + -ling. Compare West Frisian leaveling (“darling”), Dutch lieveling (“darling, sweetheart”), Afrikaans liefling (“darling”), German Liebling (“darling”); perhaps calqued, inspired, or reinforced by the term.

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