different between endearment vs hypocorism

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin hypocorisma, a loan from Ancient Greek ?????????? (hupokórisma), ??????????? (hupokorismós, “pet name”), from ????????????? (hupokorízesthai), ???????????? (hupokorízomai, “to use a pet name; to act in a childish manner”), from ????- (hupo-, prefix indicating a small degree) +? ????????? (korízomai, “to caress”) (from ????? (kóros, “boy; youth”), ???? (kór?, “girl; young woman”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ha??p?k????z(?)m/, /h?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ha??p?k????z?m/
• Hyphenation: hy?po?cor?i?sm

Noun

hypocorism (countable and uncountable, plural hypocorisms) (linguistics)

1. (countable) A term of endearment; a hypocoristic, a pet name.

   Synonyms: nickname, pet name, sobriquet
2. (uncountable) The formation of terms of endearment or pet names.
3. (uncountable, rare) Baby talk, such as bow-wow for dog and choo-choo for train.

Derived terms

• hypocoristical
• hypocoristically

Related terms

• hypocoristic

Translations

References

Further reading

• hypocorism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “hypocorism, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.