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語源

From 中期英語 lovable, loveable, luffeabill, lufabul, equivalent to love +‎ -able.

発音

• IPA: /ˈlʌvəbəl/

形容詞

lovable (comparative more lovable or lovabler, superlative most lovable or lovablest)

1. Inspiring or deserving love or affection; adorable or cute.
   • 1895, M[ollie] E[velyn] M[oore] Davis, “Prologue. The Town and the River.”, in Under the Man-Fig, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC, page 6:

     In short, the old town—the lovablest, old-timiest, easy-goingest old town that ever was—sits there by the River, hugging its traditions, and hoarding its stories, of which it has enough to make a new Thousand and One Nights.

   • 1908 July 6, S[amuel] L[anghorne] Clemens, “A Letter from Mark Twain: Innocence at Home”, in Collier’s, volume XLI, number 20, New York, N.Y.: P[eter] F[enelon] Collier & Son, published 8 August 1908, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22, column 2:

     Hon. Collier Weekly which furnish Japanese Schoolboy to public not often enough, when is his book coming out? […] That Boy is the dearest & sweetest & frankest & wisest & funniest & delightfulest & lovablest creation that has been added to our literature for a long time.

     Transcription: Benjamin Griffin, Harriet Elinor Smith, editors (2015), “Explanatory Notes”, in Autobiography of Mark Twain (The Mark Twain Papers), volume 3, Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 599.

   • 1921, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Mr. Hyde Goes to His Own Place and Susan Takes a Honeymoon”, in Rilla of Ingleside, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →OCLC, page 359:

     “[…] You’ll let Jims come here often, won’t you? I love him dearly.” / “No doubt you do, miss, for a lovabler child I never did see. […]”

   • 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part II, pages 375–376:

     The wonder of the women of the world together, moya! And the lovablest Lima since Ineen MacCormick MacCoort MacConn O’Puckins MacKundred.

   • 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC‎:

     In A League of Their Own (1992), as the shouty baseball coach to an all-girls team, he's once again a curmudgeonly but lovable mentor figure.

   • 2023 January 27, Patrick Connolly, “Meet the Orlando rescue dogs playing in Puppy Bowl XIX”, in Orlando Sentinel‎:

     At 20 pounds, Jimmy Kibble is a lovable, beautiful pomsky — a cross between a Pomeranian and a husky. But he has a lot of energy.

派生語

別の表記

• loveable
• lufabul, luff-able, luffeabill (Northern)

発音

• IPA: /luˈvaːblə/, /luˈvaːbəl/

形容詞

lovable

1. Lovable (deserving love)

   Synonym: lovesom

2. Friendly, affectionate (providing love)

   Synonyms: lovely, lovesom

派生した語

• English: lovable, loveable

参照

• “lǒvāble, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

語源 2

From loven (“to praise”) +‎ -able.

別の表記

• loveable, lovabille
• lovabil, lovabile (Northern)

発音

• IPA: /lɔːˈvaːblə/, /lɔːˈvaːbəl/
• (influenced by Etymology 1) IPA: /luˈvaːblə/, /luˈvaːbəl/

形容詞

lovable

1. praiseworthy, commendable, excellent
2. nonharmful, healthful

派生した語

• Middle Scots: loveabill

参照

• “lǒvāble, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.