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loving¹

  • /ˈlʌv.ɪŋ/ Canada, US, UK, Scotland
  • /ˈlɐv.ɪŋ/ Australia
  • /ˈlɐv.əŋ/ New Zealand
  • /ˈləv.ɪŋ/ India
  • /ˈlʊvɪŋ/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈlʊvɪŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌvɪŋ

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English lovyng(e) (“love”), inherited from Old English lufung. By surface analysis, love + -ing.

noun lovings

  1. uncountable, usually The action of the verb to love. all natural lovings and longings

adjective lovinger · more loving · lovingest · most loving

  1. Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate. his loving wife, her loving husband
  2. US, attributive, euphemistic, slang Euphemistic form of fucking.fucking I want you to have every loving brother’s sister’s cousin’s child downstairs and standing at attention at six o’clock.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of love

Loving²

  • /ˈlʌvɪŋ/

proper noun Lovings

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A village in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Young County, Texas, United States.
  5. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Loving County.Loving County
  6. US, abbreviation, ellipsis, informal, uncountable 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.Loving v. Virginia

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