endearment
noun
Origin of endearment
Examples from the Web for endearment
Contemporary Examples of endearment
Bae,” for example, is a term of endearment that is either short for “baby” or an acronym for “before anyone else.
(She addresses me in various terms of endearment, as one would an old friend, and invites me to swim in her pool after lunch).
“The thing that pops into my head is the Shirley MacLaine quote from Terms of Endearment,” said Emmerich.
‘The Americans’: Noah Emmerich on Playing Stan Beeman, ‘Jane Got a Gun,’ and MoreJason Lynch
May 1, 2013
Terms of Endearment got made because Polly Platt was so persistent.
My mom remembers us actually watching Terms of Endearment with my father when he was sick.
Historical Examples of endearment
The home name seemed to add a touch of endearment, and he used it advisedly.
The Nebuly CoatJohn Meade Falkner
“Oh no,” said I, glad to be recognised under any term of endearment.
Tom, Dick and HarryTalbot Baines Reed
I could not comprehend a term of endearment applied to such a place.
Deaconesses in EuropeJane M. Bancroft
He replied by a mute and energetic pressure to the endearment of his friend.
The Man in the Iron MaskAlexandre Dumas, Pere
He was irresistibly impelled to address her with words of endearment.
Sentimental Education, Volume IIGustave Flaubert