caressive
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /kəˈɹɛsɪv/
美 /kəˈɹɛsɪv/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A type of diminutive indicating affection or endearment.
— [W]e, like the ancient Mexicans and many another lower race, have terms of praise and endearment,—"a jewel of a babe," and the like,—legions of caressives and diminutives in the use of which some of the Low German dialects are more lavish even than Lowland Scotch.
形容词 adj.
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Having the nature of a caress; gentle, soothing.
— But the faithful creature [a dog] had soon returned, and comprehending that his mistress was confined in this great stone building, he whined and howled, waiting, within ten feet of the sentinel, a caressive reply.
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Of a diminutive: indicating affection or endearment.
— All diminutives eaſily acquire a careſſive character, as animula, ocellus, &c. the Greeks even called their diminutives ὐποκρισικα; and the ſofter form, lin, rather than kin, would moſt naturally be ſo appropriated.
词汇关系
衍生词
词源
词源 1
From caress + -ive.
词源 2
From caress + -ive.
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