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Definition: Affectionate |
AffectionateAdjective1. Having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "affectionate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: AffectionateSynonyms: caring (adj), fond (adj), lovesome (adj), tender (adj), warm (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Love | Affectionate, tender, sweet upon, sympathetic, loving; amorous, amatory; fond, erotic, uxorious, ardent, passionate, rapturous, devoted, motherly. |
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Crosswords: Affectionate |
| English words defined with "affectionate": bosom, Bubby ♦ caress, caressing, cuddle, cuddling ♦ demonstrative ♦ embrace ♦ fondling ♦ hugging ♦ kissing ♦ necking, nestle ♦ petting ♦ smooching, snuggle, snuggling, sweet, sweetly ♦ Tender-hearted, tenderness, togetherness, Turtledove. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "affectionate": Cousin ♦ Gallio ♦ Letter ♦ regalia. (references) |
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Screenplays | It's ironic that the first time in my life that I feel remotely affectionate for her, is when she's dead. (Igby Goes Down; writing credit: Burr Steers) Well, the cows are here to be milked; the dogs are here to help the Boss's husband with the sheep; and I'm here to be beautiful, and affectionate to the Boss (Babe; writing credit: George Miller) | |
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 | Smooch; smack; pucker; kisser; kiss; love; loving; affection; affectionate. |
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George Eliot | People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate. |
Mrs. Patrick Campbell | Does it really matter what these affectionate people do -- so long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses! |
Ovid | Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Reminiscences, affectionate and respectful, for they relate to his mother, attach him to this period. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REGALIA, n. Distinguishing insignia, jewels and costume of such ancient and honorable orders as Knights of Adam; Visionaries of Detectable Bosh; the Ancient Order of Modern Troglodytes; the League of Holy Humbug; the Golden Phalanx of Phalangers; the Genteel Society of Expurgated Hoodlums; the Mystic Alliances of Georgeous Regalians; Knights and Ladies of the Yellow Dog; the Oriental Order of Sons of the West; the Blatherhood of Insufferable Stuff; Warriors of the Long Bow; Guardians of the Great Horn Spoon; the Band of Brutes; the Impenitent Order of Wife-Beaters; the Sublime Legion of Flamboyant Conspicuants; Worshipers at the Electroplated Shrine; Shining Inaccessibles; Fee-Faw-Fummers of the inimitable Grip; Jannissaries of the Broad-Blown Peacock; Plumed Increscencies of the Magic Temple; the Grand Cabal of Able-Bodied Sedentarians; Associated Deities of the Butter Trade; the Garden of Galoots; the Affectionate Fraternity of Men Similarly Warted; the Flashing Astonishers; Ladies of Horror; Cooperative Association for Breaking into the Spotlight; Dukes of Eden; Disciples Militant of the Hidden Faith; Knights-Champions of the Domestic Dog; the Holy Gregarians; the Resolute Optimists; the Ancient Sodality of Inhospitable Hogs; Associated Sovereigns of Mendacity; Dukes-Guardian of the Mystic Cess-Pool; the Society for Prevention of Prevalence; Kings of Drink; Polite Federation of Gents-Consequential; the Mysterious Order of the Undecipherable Scroll; Uniformed Rank of Lousy Cats; Monarchs of Worth and Hunger; Sons of the South Star; Prelates of the Tub-and-Sword. |
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | A corresponding sentiment has since been manifested in his favor throughout every portion of our Union, and affectionate invitations have been given him to extend his visits to them. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | But this is still the Government of all the people, and it should be none the less an object of their affectionate solicitude. |
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| "Affectionate" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Affectionate" is used about 333 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 333 | 15,728 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "affectionate": affectionate farewell ♦ affectionate form ♦ affectionate person. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "affectionate": over-affectionate. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
affectionate | 22 |
affectionate nickname | 3 |
affectionate name | 3 |
affectionate emotional love | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "affectionate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | aanhanklik (devoted, selfless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i dhembshur (tender-hearted), i dhënë pas (cognoscente, partial), i dashur (affable, affected, amiable, baby, beloved, caring, darling, dear, debonair, fond, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good natured, kind, kindly, love, pleasant, precious, sweetheart, sweetie, Sweeting, sweety, Truelove, Valentine, warm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محب (attached, fond, loving, tender), حنون (compassionate, feeling, fond, kind, merciful, motherly, pitying, soft-hearted, soulful, tender, tender-hearted, whole-hearted), رقيق (aerial, airy, angelic, bland, bleeding heart, dainty, delicate, feminine, filmy, fine, flimsy, fluffy, fragile, frothy, gauzy, gentle, gingerly, gossamery, gracious, hearty, kind hearted, kindly, lovely, mellow, mincing, nice, orchidaceous, pastel, photogenic, piano, quiet, refined, romance, sharp, sloppy, smooth, soft-hearted, suave, subtle, sugary, superfine, tender, tenuous, thin, thinning, tilery, trick, warm, watery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нежен (dainty, delicate, dovelike, downy, fatherly, fond, fragile, frail, loving, maidenly, melodious, melting, slender, soft, sweet, tender, womanly), любещ (loving, tender), предан (devoted, faithful, intent, liege, loyal, single-hearted, true, whole-hearted), привързан (attached). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | afectuós (devoted, selfless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 親熱 (intimate, warm-hearted), 深愛 , 富感情. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | srdeèný (cordial, feeling, genial, heartfelt, hearty, home-felt, open armed, warm, warmhearted), přítulný (cuddly), oddaný (attached, devoted, dutiful, great, intent, obedient, pious, stalwart), nìžný (fond, soft, tender), milující (fond, loving), láskyplný (tender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aanhalig (caressing, cuddlesome, cuddly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | karesema (caressing, cuddlesome, cuddly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rakastava (loving), hellä (sore, tender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | affectueux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oansjitsk (caressing, cuddlesome, cuddly), oanhinklik (devoted, selfless), oanhanklik (devoted, selfless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zugetan (attached, attached to, devoted, devoted to, fond, selfless), liebevoll (affectionately, benign, caring, devoted, fond, fondly, loving, lovingly, tender), gütig (amicable, benevolent, benign, benignly, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, friendly, generous, good, gracious, kind, kind hearted, kindhearted, kindly, nice, okay), anhänglich (clinging, clingy, devoted, selfless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στοργικόσ (fond, loving), φιλόστοργοσ (fond). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מחבב (fond, partial), מביע חב", רוחש חיב", ר'ש (aflutter, astir, excited, impassioned, moved, tempestuous, tense). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyengéd (dainty, delicate, endearing, languorous, motherly, silky, sisterly, tactful, tender, tender-hearted, womanly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penuh kasih sayang (amatory), mengharukan (emotive, heart-warming, touching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | grámhar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | amorevole (loving), affettuoso (cordial, endearing, fond, hearty, loving, warm-hearted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 敦睦 (cordial and friendly), 優しい (amiable, gentle, graceful, kind, suave, tender), 優 (actor, gentle, gentleness, superiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | やさしい (amiable, easy, gentle, graceful, kind, plain, simple, suave, tender), やさ (gentle), と"ぼく (cordial and friendly, honest and homely, simple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 다 한 (fond). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | graihagh (amorous, fond, lovable, lovesome, loving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | affectionateay afetuoso (loving, tender), afetuosa, afeiçoado (attached, devoted, fond, friend), carinhoso (amorous, fond, loving). (various references) afectuos (affectionately, dearly, endearing, tender, warm), afectiv (affective, emotional, sensitive), tandru (amorous, dearly, fond, fondly, gentle, gently, loving, soft, soft-hearted, tender, tenderly), iubitor (affectionately, amorous, devoted, endearing, fancy man, fond, loving), duios (dearly, doleful, endearing, fond, loving, pathetic, pathetically, soft, sorrowful, sweet, tender), drãgãstos (affectionately, amative, amorous, attractive, charming, dearly, loving, lovingly, sweet), dezmierdãtor (charming, delightful, fond, sweet, tender), cald (heat, hot, recent, tepid, warm, warmly, warmth), cãlduros (ardently, cordial, devout, devoutly, hot, passionate, passionately, warm, warmly), bun (applicable, belongings, beneficial, benevolent, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, domain, eminent, fair, favorable, favourable, fine, fit, fitting, fond, fortunate, fortune, genuine, good, goods, grand, grandfather, grandparent, happy, honest, humane, kind, kindly, nice, okay, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, soft-hearted, splendid, suitable, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome). (various references) нежный (affective, delicate, dove-like, fond, gentile, gentle, pappy, silken, soft, subtle, sweet, tender, womanly). (various references) tlusail (tender, warm), spéiseil (attached to, estimable), seirceil, carthannach, caomhail (kind, mild). (various references) odan (addicted, addictive, clinging, committed, dedicated, devoted, faithful, liege, loyal, staunch, true, whole-hearted), nežan (dainty, delicate, endearing, fond, frail, gentle, kind, loving, melting, tender). (various references) zalamero (bootlicker, caressing, cuddlesome, cuddly, flattering, greasy, oily, smooth, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smoothie, suave, unctuous), mimoso (caressing, cuddlesome, cuddly), afectuoso (cordial, devoted, fond, selfless, tender, warm), amante (all in all, amateur, flame, kept, lover, lover of, mistress, paramour, Swain, Truelove). (various references) tillgiven (attached, devoted, loving). (various references) sevgi gösteren (loving), seven (fond, loving, phil-, phile), sevecen (benign, benignant, caressing, compassionate, endearing, heartthrob, sisterly, tender), müşfik (benevolent, charitable, kind, soft, tender), şefkâtli (caressing, caring, charitable, compassionate, endearing, loving, samaritan, tender, tender-hearted). (various references) яьrekdeю (intimate). (various references) старанний (assiduous, careful, diligent, duteous, operose, painstaking, particular, scholarly, searching, sedulous, studious, willing), ретельний (assiduous, careful, diligent, dutiful, elaborate, meticulous, narrow, nice, observant, prompt, rigorous, severe, thorough), ніжний (affectional, balmy, delicate, devoted, fatherly, fond, melting, sentimental, silken, silky, sisterly, soft, tender), люблячий (amatory, fond, loving), ласкавий (accommodating, benign, grandmotherly, soft), пристрасний (ardent, fervid, hot-blooded, one sided, passional, passionate, sultry, warm), приязний (amicable, chummy, lovable). (various references) yêu mến, thương yêu (loving), âu yếm; trìu mến. (various references) anwesog (pampered), serchus (amiable, loving, pleasant), serchog (loving), hoffus (amiable, lovable), caruaidd (affable, kind, loving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | zil. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | affectuosus, amans, amantes, amanti, amantissima, amantissimas, amantissimus, amantium, appiae, appii, charus, pie, pios, pius. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | frithô. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "affectionate": affectionately. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "affectionate": unaffectionate. (additional references) | |
Words containing "affectionate": unaffectionately. (additional references) | |
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"Affectionate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afectionate, affecionate, affetionate. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "affectionate" (pronounced ufe"kshunut) |
| 5 | -sh u n u t | compassionate, dispassionate, disproportionate, extortionate, passionate, proportionate. |
| 4 | -u n u t | baronet, bicarbonate, cabinet, coordinate, definite, diaconate, effeminate, fortunate, geminate, indefinite, indeterminate, indiscriminate, infinite, innominate, inordinate, laminate, obstinate, sultanate, unfortunate. |
| 3 | -n u t | alternate, Bennet, bluebonnet, bonnet, electromagnet, ferromagnet, garnet, granite, hornet, incarnate, magnate, magnet, minute, peanut, Pinot, planet, rennet, senate, Sennet, tenet, unit. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-f-f-i-n-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: affectation. | |
-3 letters: affection. | |
-4 letters: affiance, caffeine, catenate, confetti, facetiae, fetation, taconite. | |
-5 letters: acetate, acetone, aconite, affiant, antifat, caffein, catenae, faction, faience, fanatic, fiancee, fifteen, nictate, offence, taction, taeniae, taffeta, tetanic, tonetic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-f-f-i-n-o-t-t" | |
+2 letters: affectionately, unaffectionate. | |
+4 letters: unaffectionately. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 66 66 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 61 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ..-. ..-. . -.-. - .. --- -. .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100110 01100110 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A f f e c t i o n a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0066 0066 0065 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E 0061 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357272716986758180678671 |
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