Definition of Endearments

1. Noun. (plural of endearment) ¹

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Definition of Endearments

1. endearment [n] - See also: endearment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endearments

endbrains
endbud
endbuds
endcap
endcaps
endear
endeared
endearedly
endearedness
endearednesses
endearing
endearingly
endearingness
endearment
endearments
endears
endeavor
endeavor'd
endeavored
endeavorer
endeavorers
endeavoring
endeavorment
endeavors
endeavour
endeavour'd
endeavoured
endeavourest
endeavoureth

Literary usage of Endearments

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"high scorn of shabbiness and shams, and all In the ™°™** ber features she will not tithe spiteful endearments of the Mrs Can- For ..."

2. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... whether they shall enjoy tho ordinances of the gospel ; whether they shall perform the duties and cherish the endearments of husbands and wives, ..."

3. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"... or from whom I did not receive all invitations of farther endearments. There were many who were not free from very great faults and ..."

4. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1873)
"lie is the worst of men, whom kindness cannot soften, nor endearments oblige; whom gratitude cannot tie faster than the bands of life and death. ..."

5. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... And must our loves, and all the kindred train Of rapt endearments, all expire in vain! All the dear transports of the warm embrace, When mutual love ..."

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