caressing name
caressing name noun: a name or nickname used to express affection, especially to a child, parent, or other loved one.
Noun
caressing name (plural caressing names)
- A name or nickname used to express affection, especially to a child, parent, or other loved one.
- Robin’s Young Chevalier diligently filled the glass of Charles’s Greysteel,—such were their old caressing names for each other […]1834 February, Christian Isobel Johnstone, “The Sabbath Night’s Supper”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, page 9
- “Mother,” said he, after a pause, coming nearer […] “mammy darling,” said he, using the caressing name, which he had been trying to drop as not sufficiently manly1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 3, in Ruth, volume 3, London: Chapman and Hall, page 78
- Synonyms:
- pet name, term of endearment
Synonyms of caressing name
Forms of caressing name
| plural | caressing names |
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Questions about caressing name
- What does caressing name mean?
- Caressing name means a name or nickname used to express affection, especially to a child, parent, or other loved one.
- What part of speech is caressing name?
- Caressing name is a noun.
- What is the plural of caressing name?
- The plural of caressing name is caressing names.
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