well-beloved

[wel-bi-luhv-id, -luhvd] Origin

well-be·lov·ed

[wel-bi-luhv-id, -luhvd]
adjective
1.
loved deeply and sincerely: my well-beloved fiancé.
2.
highly respected and honored: our well-beloved speaker.
noun
3.
a person who is loved dearly: in respect for the well-beloved.

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Well-beloved is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English wel biloved
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Word Origin & History

well-beloved
late 14c., from well (adv.) + beloved.
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