Loveableness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of lovableness. alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
"Wise father he—“the Lord’s chore-boy” one called him,—the sunny-faced old Abolitionist, who brought his children up to know that “the one thing worth living for is to love and to be loved.” But as to recipes for loveableness, the young soul in its romance laughs to scorn so kitchen-like a question. And right to laugh the young soul is; for much in the business passeth recipe."
Example
More examples"Wise father he—“the Lord’s chore-boy” one called him,—the sunny-faced old Abolitionist, who brought his children up to know that “the one thing worth living for is to love and to be loved.” But as to recipes for loveableness, the young soul in its romance laughs to scorn so kitchen-like a question. And right to laugh the young soul is; for much in the business passeth recipe."
Etymology
From loveable + -ness.
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