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発音

• enPR: lŭv′ĭng
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA: /ˈlʌv.ɪŋ/

• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈlɐv.ɪŋ/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈlɐv.əŋ/
• (India) IPA: /ˈləv.ɪŋ/
• (Northern England, Midlands) IPA: /ˈlʊvɪŋ/
• (Northern England, Midlands, without the NG-coalescence) IPA: /ˈlʊvɪŋɡ/
• 韻: -ʌvɪŋ
• ハイフネーション: lov‧ing

名詞

loving (usually uncountable, plural lovings)

1. The action of the verb to love. (Can we clean up this sense?)
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 132, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     all natural lovings and longings

形容詞

loving (comparative lovinger or more loving, superlative lovingest or most loving)

1. Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

   Synonyms: adoring, affectionate; see also Thesaurus:affectionate

   his loving wife, her loving husband

2. (attributive, slang, US) Euphemistic form of fucking.
   • 1962, John Oliver Killens, “Part I [1]: The Planting Season — Chapter 2”, in And Then We Heard The Thunder (Books for Young Readers)‎, 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: Alfred A[braham]. Knopf, Inc[orporated]., published 1964, →ISBN, →OL, page 13, lines 25–27:

     I want you to have every loving brother’s sister’s cousin’s child downstairs and standing at attention at six o’clock.

   • 1966, David Halberstam, one very hot day‎, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1967, page 51, lines 26–27:

     “Anderson,” said Beaupre, “you think we’re going to see any lovin’ Viet Congs today?”

   • 1977, John Langone, Life at the Bottom: The People of Antarctica‎, 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, Boston—Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, published 1977, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 76, lines 26–27:

     “ Eat and drink like a loving pig,” he says, patting the bulge under his parka.

   • 1995, John Sack, Company C: The Real War in Iraq‎, 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: William Morrow & Company, published 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, →Goodreads, page 151, line 18:

     At long lovin’ last!

派生語

動詞

loving

1. present participle and gerund of love

派生語

参照

Further reading

• “loving”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• voling