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darling(1) (iou)



darling noun1 & adjective. Also dearling. OE.
[from DEAR adjective1, noun + -LING1.]
A. noun.
A person who is dearly loved. Freq. as a form of address. OE.
Tennyson Answer, darling, answer, no. M. Gee Then he would kiss her and call her his darling.
A favourite, a pet; an object of indulgent affection. OE.
H. Robbins Mark was the columnists' darling He was always good for an item. Q. Bell A nervous, delicate boy, his mother's darling.
A lovable person, an endearing creature. L18.
b. adjective.
Best-loved, dearest, favourite. L16.
Coleridge His [the devil's] darling sin Is pride that apes humility.
Lovable; colloq. (affected) sweetly pretty or charming. E19.
Queen Victoria Short clothes with darling little stockings and..pink satin shoesreally too darling!