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dar⋅ling

  [dahr-ling]
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–noun
1. a person very dear to another; one dearly loved.
2. (sometimes initial capital letter) an affectionate or familiar term of address.
3. a person or thing in great favor; a favorite: She was the darling of café society.
–adjective
4. very dear; dearly loved: my darling child.
5. favorite; cherished.
6. Informal. charming; cute; lovable: What a darling baby!
Origin:
bef. 900; ME derling, OE dēorling. See dear, -ling 1

Related forms:
dar⋅ling⋅ly, adverb
dar⋅ling⋅ness, noun

Dar⋅ling

  [dahr-ling]
–noun
Jay Nor⋅wood  [nawr-wood] , (“Ding”), 1876–1962, U.S. political cartoonist.

Darling River

 
–noun
a river in SE Australia, flowing SW into the Murray River. 1160 mi. (1870 km). long.
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dar·ling   (där'lĭng)   
n.  
  1. A dearly beloved person.
  2. One that is greatly liked or preferred; a favorite: "the pride and vanity of the rich, the darlings of fate" (Mario Puzo).
adj.  
  1. Dearly beloved.
  2. Regarded with special favor; favorite: "Metaphysics and poetry . . . are my darling studies" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge).
  3. Informal Charming or amusing: a darling hat.

[Middle English dereling, from Old English dēorling : dēore, dear + -ling, diminutive suff.]
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Darling

Dar"ling\, n. [OE. derling, deorling, AS. de['o]rling; de['o]re dear + -ling. See Dear, and -ling.] One dearly beloved; a favorite.

And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. --Shak.

Darling

Dar"ling\, a. Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. "Some darling science." --I. Watts. "Darling sin." --Macaulay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : darling
Spanish: querido,
German: der Liebling,
Japanese: 最愛の人
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darling 
O.E. deorling, double dim. of deor "dear." The vowel shift from -e- to -a- (16c.) is usual for -er- followed by a consonant. "It is better to be An olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng" (1562).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Darling

Ps. 22:20; 35:17) means an "only one."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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