Dictionary

lovableness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English lovable Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English lovableness From lovable + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The property that makes someone or something lovable.
   • Papa is just one by himself for lovableness, goodness, kindness—oh, everything that is admirable! 1894, Martha Finley, chapter XX, in Elsie at the World’s Fair (Elsie Dinsmore; 20), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, →OCLC, page 247:

Forms

Synonyms

lovability

Translations (6)

pt amabilidade (property that makes someone or something lovable) · ro amabilitate (property that makes someone or something lovable) · es amabilidad (property that makes someone or something lovable) · nl beminnenswaardigheid (property that makes someone or something lovable) · ca amabilitat (property that makes someone or something lovable) · eo amindeco (property that makes someone or something lovable)