affectionate

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//əˈfɛkʃənət//
//əˈfɛkʃəneɪt//

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

aggettivo

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
obsoletoEager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.

Etimologia

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

verbo

1
raroTo show affection to; to have affection for.
2
obsoletoTo 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

Etimologia

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

Forme

comparativo: more affectionate
superlativo: most affectionate
passato: affectionated
participio passato: affectionated
participio presente: affectionating
3ª persona singolare: 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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