affectionate

adjectifverbeattesté dans les dialogues

//əˈfɛkʃənət//
//əˈfɛkʃəneɪt//

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

adjectif

1
Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
2
Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
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.
3
obsolèteEager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.

Étymologie

Learned borrowing from Latin affectiōnātus. By surface analysis, affection + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of aficionado.

verbe

1
rareTo show affection to; to have affection for.
2
obsolèteTo emotionally attach (oneself) to.
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

Étymologie

Either from the above adjective by metanalysis or from affection + -ate (verb-forming suffix) (modelled on Middle French affectionner (French affectionner)).

Formes

comparatif: more affectionate
superlatif: most affectionate
passé: affectionated
participe passé: affectionated
participe présent: affectionating
3ᵉ personne du singulier: affectionates

affected · Influenced or changed by something.affecting · Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.affection · The act of affecting or acting upon.

affectionate · Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

affidavit · A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.affirmative · pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming afford · To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act…

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