endearment
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| —n | |
| 1. | something that endears, such as an affectionate utterance |
| 2. | the act or process of endearing or the condition of being endeared |
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Endearment
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Example sentences
Corazón is an endearment used among family members and loved ones.
He waited a moment for his statement to sink in and for her to respond with a similar endearment.
Terms of endearment and diminutive terms should not be applied to anyone in the courts.
Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not.
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