endearment
pronunciation
How to pronounce endearment in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdɪəmənt]
How to pronounce endearment in American English:
US [ɪnˈdɪrmənt]
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- Noun:
- the act of showing affection
Word Origin
- endearment (n.)
- "act of endearing," 1610s, from endear + -ment. Meaning "obligation of gratitude" is from 1620s; that of "action expressive of love" is from 1702.
Example
- 1. Greene shivered in something like fear at the endearment .
- 2. From endearment springs grief , from endearment springs fear .
- 3. Canvas of marriage gauze effigies , scenery canvas , adornment canvas gets with each passing day the endearment of people .
- 4. I use it strictly as a term of endearment , father .
- 5. From him who is wholly free from endearment there is no grief , whence then fear ?