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Loving
//ˈlʌv.ɪŋ// adj, name, noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.
"his loving wife, her loving husband"
- 2 Euphemistic form of fucking. US, attributive, euphemistic, form-of, slang
"I want you to have every loving brother’s sister’s cousin’s child downstairs and standing at attention at six o’clock."
Adjective
- 1 feeling or showing love and affection wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename; A village in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename; An unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename; An unincorporated community in Young County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename; Ellipsis of Loving County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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- 6 Ellipsis of Loving v. Virginia, a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized interacial marriage under the Equal Protection and Due Process; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment. US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
Noun
- 1 The action of the verb to love. uncountable, usually
"all natural lovings and longings"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of love form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle English lovyng(e) (“love”), inherited from Old English lufung. By surface analysis, love + -ing.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle English lovyng(e) (“love”), inherited from Old English lufung. By surface analysis, love + -ing.
Etymology 3
Inherited from Middle English lovyng(e) (“love”), inherited from Old English lufung. By surface analysis, love + -ing.
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