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adorable

[ uh-dawr-uh-buh l, uh-dohr- ]
/ əˈdɔr ə bəl, əˈdoʊr- /
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adjective

very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat!
worthy of being adored.

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Origin of adorable

From the Latin word adōrābilis, dating back to 1605–15. See adore, -able
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Examples from the Web for adorableness

  • Why should she have prettiness, and adorableness, and the lyric gift, and such abounding confident youth?

    Leonora|Arnold Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for adorableness

adorable

/ (əˈdɔːrəbəl) /

adjective

very attractive; charming; lovable
rare deserving or eliciting adoration
Derived Formsadorableness, nounadorably, adverb
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Word Origin and History for adorableness

adorable

adj.

1610s, from French adorable, from Latin adorabilis "worthy of worship," from adorare (see adore). Weakened sense of "delightful, charming" is recorded from 1710. Related: Adorably; adorableness.

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