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affection
English
Etymology
From Middle English affection, affeccion, affeccioun, from Old French affection, from Latin affecti?nem, from affecti?; see affect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f?k??n/
- Hyphenation: af?fec?tion
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
affection (countable and uncountable, plural affections)
- The act of affecting or acting upon.
- The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
- An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
- 1756, Robert Simson, Euclid's Elements
- A Porism is a proposition in which it is proposed to demonstrate that some one thing, or more things than one, are given, to which, as also to each of innumerable other things, not given indeed, but which have the same relation to those which are given, it is to be shewn that there belongs some common affection described in the proposition.
- 1756, Robert Simson, Euclid's Elements
- An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
- 1905, John C. Ager (translator), Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell Chapter 27
- It is known that each individual has a variety of affections, one affection when in joy, another when in grief, another when in sympathy and compassion, another when in sincerity and truth, another when in love and charity, another when in zeal or in anger, another when in simulation and deceit, another when in quest of honor and glory, and so on.
- 1905, John C. Ager (translator), Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell Chapter 27
- A feeling of love or strong attachment.
- 1908, Gorge Bernard Shaw, Getting Married/Spurious "Natural" Affection
- What is more, they are protected from even such discomfort as the dislike of his prisoners may cause to a gaoler by the hypnotism of the convention that the natural relation between husband and wife and parent and child is one of intense affection, and that to feel any other sentiment towards a member of one's family is to be a monster.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Chapter 61
- Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.
- 1908, Gorge Bernard Shaw, Getting Married/Spurious "Natural" Affection
- (medicine, archaic) Disease; morbid symptom; malady.
- 1907, The Medical Brief (volume 35, page 840)
- A heavy clay soil is bad for all neuralgics, and the house should be dry, and on a sandy or gravel soil. The desideratum for all neuralgic affections is perpetual summer […]
- 1907, The Medical Brief (volume 35, page 840)
Usage notes
In the sense of "feeling of love or strong attachment", it is often in the plural; formerly followed by "to", but now more generally by "for" or "toward(s)", for example filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children
Synonyms
- (kind feeling): attachment, fondness, kindness, love, passion, tenderness
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
affection (third-person singular simple present affections, present participle affectioning, simple past and past participle affectioned)
- (now rare) To feel affection for. [from 16th c.]
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, V:
- Why, truth is truth, I do not think my lady Isabella ever much affectioned my young lord, your son: yet he was a sweet youth as one should see.
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, V:
Translations
Further reading
- affection at OneLook Dictionary Search
- affection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- affection in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin affecti?, affecti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.f?k.sj??/
Noun
affection f (plural affections)
- affection, love, fondness
- medical condition, complaint, disease
Further reading
- “affection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Scots
Noun
affection (plural affections)
- affection
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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peace
English
Etymology
From Middle English pes, pais, pees, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin p?x (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pac?scor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pang? (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Displaced native Middle English frith, frede (“peace”) (from Old English friþ, fr?od (“peace”)), Middle English sib, sibbe (“peace”) (from Old English sibb (“peace, kinship”)), Middle English grith (“peace, security”) (from Old English griþ and Old Norse grið), Middle English saht, saught (“peace, reconciliation”) (from Old English seht, sæht (“peace, pact, agreement”)). Doublet of pax.
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?s, IPA(key): /pi?s/
- Rhymes: -i?s
- Homophone: piece
Noun
peace (usually uncountable, plural peaces)
- A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
- Synonyms: (poetic) frith; see also Thesaurus:calm
- Antonyms: disruption, violence
- A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
- Harmony in personal relations.
- A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
- Antonyms: war, violence
- 1969 March 31, John Lennon, Bagism Press Conference at Sacher Hotel, Vienna
- Now, a lot of cynics have said, “Oh, it’s easy to sit in bed for seven days,” but I’d like some of them to try it, and talk for seven days about peace. All we’re saying is give peace a chance.
- 1993, Marky Berry as "King Harkinian", a character in Animation Magic, Link: The Faces of Evil, Philips Interactive Media (publ.).
Derived terms
Pages starting with “peace”.
Related terms
- pacific
- pacify
- pacification
- pacifism
- pacifist
Translations
Interjection
peace
- (archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
- (slang) Shortened form of peace out; goodbye.
Verb
peace (third-person singular simple present peaces, present participle peacing, simple past and past participle peaced)
- To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
- 1997, Yusuf Jah, Shah'Keyah Jah, Uprising, page 49:
- Within every hood they have to be peacing with themselves. Then when you're living in peace with yourself, [...]
- 1997, Yusuf Jah, Shah'Keyah Jah, Uprising, page 49:
- (slang) To peace out.
Further reading
Wikiversity
- peace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- peace in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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