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endearment

English

Alternative forms

  • indearment

Etymology

endear +? -ment

Noun

endearment (plural endearments)

  1. The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.
  2. The state or characteristic of being endeared.
  3. An expression of affection.

Synonyms

  • (state or characteristic of being endeared): belovedness
  • (expression of affection): term of endearment

Related terms

  • dear

Translations

References

  • endearment at OneLook Dictionary Search

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bitts

English

Etymology

Middle English, probably of Low German or North Germanic origin, and the English form a corruption or contraction, from Old Norse biti, probably ultimately from a variant of Proto-Germanic *bitiz. Compare Swedish beting and Danish beding.

Noun

bitts pl (plural only)

  1. (nautical, plural only) A frame composed of two strong oak timbers (bitt-heads) fixed vertically in the fore part of a ship, bolted to the deck beams to which are secured the cables when the ship rides to anchor

Derived terms

References

  • An etymological dictionary of the English language, p. 65
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Luxembourgish

Verb

bitts

  1. second-person singular present indicative of bidden

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