darlingn.¹adj.

Brit.

/ˈdɑːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdɑrlɪŋ/

Forms: Old English–Middle English deorling, (Old English diorling, dirling, dyrling), Old English–1500s derling, (Middle English–1500s derlinge, derlyng(e), Middle English durling, durlyng, Middle English–1500s darlyng(e, 1500s darlinge, 1500s– darling; also Middle English deoreling, Middle English–1500s dereling, derelyng, Middle English–1500s deer(e)ling, deer(e)lyng, 1500s–1700s dearling, (1500s dearlinge, dearlyng(e).

Etymology: Old English déorling , díerling , derivative of déor dear adj.¹: see -ling suffix¹. Thence Middle English dereling, derling, which subsequently became darling, as usual with er followed by a consonant; but the analytical dere-ling, dear-ling also continued in partial use till the 18th cent. or later, as a dialectal or nonce-form.

A. n.¹

a. A person who is very dear to another; the object of a person's love; one dearly loved. Commonly used as a term of endearing address.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun]

darlingc888

the apple of a person's eyeeOE

lief971

light of one's eye(s)OE

lovedOE

my lifelOE

lovec1225

druta1240

chere1297

sweetc1330

popelotc1390

likinga1393

oninga1400

onlepya1400

belovedc1430

well-beloved1447

heart-rootc1460

deara1500

delicate1531

belove1534

leefkyn1540

one and only1551

fondling1580

dearing1601

precious1602

loveling1606

dotey1663

lovee1753

passion1783

mavourneen1800

dote1809

treasure1844

seraph1853

sloe1884

darlint1888

asthore1894

darl1930

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

darlingc888

belamy?c1225

culver?c1225

dearc1230

sweetheartc1290

heartc1300

sweetc1330

honeya1375

dovec1386

jewelc1400

birdc1405

cinnamonc1405

honeycombc1405

lovec1405

wantonc1450

mulling?a1475

daisyc1485

crowdy-mowdy?a1513

honeysop?a1513

powsowdie?a1513

suckler?a1513

foolc1525

buttinga1529

whitinga1529

beautiful1534

turtle-dove1535

soula1538

heartikin1540

bully?1548

turtle1548

lamba1556

nyletc1557

sweet-lovea1560

coz1563

ding-ding1564

pugs1566

golpol1568

sparling1570

lover1573

pug1580

bulkin1582

mopsy1582

chuck1589

bonny1594

chick1594

sweetikin1596

ladybird1597

angel1598

muss1598

pinkany1599

sweetkin1599

duck1600

joy1600

sparrowc1600

sucket1605

nutting1606

chuckaby1607

tickling1607

bagpudding1608

heartling1608

chucking1609

dainty1611

flittermouse1612

honeysuckle1613

fubs1614

bawcocka1616

pretty1616

old thinga1625

bun1627

duckling1630

bulchin1633

bulch?c1640

sweetling1648

friscoa1652

ding-dongs1662

buntinga1668

cocky1680

dearie1681

chucky1683

lovey1684

machree1689

nykin1693

pinkaninny1696

nug1699

hinny1724

puss1753

pet1767

dovey1769

sweetie1778

lovey-dovey1781

lovely1791

ducky1819

toy1822

acushla1825

alanna1825

treat1825

amigo1830

honey child1832

macushla1834

cabbage1840

honey-bunch1874

angel pie1878

m'dear1887

bach1889

honey baby1895

prawn1895

hon1896

so-and-so1897

cariad1899

pumpkin1900

honey-bun1902

pussums1912

snookums1919

treasure1920

wogger1922

amico1929

sugar1930

baby cake1949

angel cake1951

lamb-chop1962

petal1974

bae2006

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §10 Se godcunda anweald gefriþode his diorlingas [v.r. deorlingas].

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care I. 393 Bi Dauide ðæm Godes dirlinge.

c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 58 (Bosw.) Iohannes se Godspellere, Cristes dyrling.

a1200 Moral Ode 385 Crist scal one beon inou alle his durlinges.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1538 Sweting, wel-come! Mi derworþe derling.

?a1400 Chester Plays iii. 372 And now farewell my darling deere.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Song of Sol. i, 13 My derlyng is to me a cluster of cipre tre.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. Iiii^v It ys better to be An olde mans derlyng, then a yong mans werlyng.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 39 Flee, fle, my sweet darling.

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 110 While on her Dearling's Bed her Mother sate!

1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 32 The idol of my youth, The darling of my manhood.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 395 in Idylls of King Answer, darling, answer, no.

†b. A favourite, a minion. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > favourite or pet

darlingc888

favoura1387

dandilly?a1513

tidling1520

marmoset1523

white son1539

minion1566

favourite1582

white boyc1600

feddle1611

dautie1676

inclination1691

mother's pet1819

fair-haired boy1822

pet1825

white-haired boy1829

petsywetsy1847

blue-eyed boy1919

fave1938

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxvii. §2 Ȝif ðe licode his dysig..swa wel swa his dysegum deorlingum dyde.

a1400–50 Alexander 3442 An ald derling of Darius was duke made of pers.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 213/1 Derlyng, a man, mignon.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clviij The Quenes dearlynge William Duke of Suffolke.

1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Eviij The king..had like to haue marred al, by lauishing out a word hereof to one of hys deerelyngs.

1716 J. Addison Free-Holder No. 21 She became the Darling of the Princess.

c. The favourite in a family, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > favourite or pet > in a family

darlingc1330

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 50 Knoute of his body gate sonnes þre..Knoute lufed [Harald] best, he was his derlyng.

1675 R. Allestree Art Contentm. iv. 73 The most discountenanc'd child oft makes better proof, then the dearling.

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iii. ii. 9 John was the Darling, he had all the good Bits.

d. One meet to be much loved, a lovable creature, a ‘pet’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [noun] > lovable person or creature

love1814

darling1838

teddy bear1957

ditz1984

1838 R. Southey King of Crocodiles ii, in Poet. Wks. VI. 102 She found..that six young Princes, darlings all, Were missing.

1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory I. iii. 43 His duty towards those innocent darlings.

1864 Kingsley in Life (1879) II. xxi. 173 With every flock of sheep and girls are one or two enormous mastiffs..They are great darlings, and necessary against bear and wolf.

2. transferred and figurative.

a. of persons, as the darling of the people, etc.

ΚΠ

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12764 Þa spac Angel þe king. Scottene deorling.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3148 Alfred þe king. Englelondes deorling.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Pref. 8 Wantons and derelynges of fortune.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ccc4^v Augustus Cæsar..when he was a dearling of the Senate.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. i. 1 A prince so good, that he was styled the Darling of mankind.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 193 Fortune turns..every thing to the advantage of her Darlings.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xxi. 508 Henry V was, as he deserved to be, the darling of the nation.

b. of things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > loved thing

darlingc1430

true love1893

c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 25 Loue is goddis owne derlinge.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. iii. sig. Dd.iiij/2 Where God is, there also is patience his darling [1587 derling] which he nourisheth.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 66 Take heede on't, Make it a darling, like your pretious eye.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados Pref. 1 Then Oratory became their darling.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 148 Trade, that pride and darling of our ocean.

†3. A name for a variety of apple. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [noun] > eating-apple > types of

costardc1390

bitter-sweet1393

Queening?1435

richardine?1435

blaundrellc1440

pear apple1440

tuberc1440

quarrendenc1450

birtle1483

deusan1570

apple-john1572

Richard1572

lording1573

greening1577

queen apple1579

peeler1580

darling1584

doucin1584

golding1589

puffin1589

lady's longing1591

bitter-sweeting1597

pearmain1597

paradise apple1598

garden globe1600

gastlet1600

leather-coat1600

maligar1600

pome-paradise1601

French pippin1629

gillyflower1629

king apple1635

lady apple1651

golden pippin1654

goldling1655

puff1655

cardinal1658

green fillet1662

chestnut1664

cinnamon apple1664

fenouil1664

go-no-further1664

Westbury apple1664

seek-no-farther1670

nonsuch1676

calville1691

passe-pomme1691

fennel apple1699

queen1699

genet1706

fig-apple1707

oaken pin1707

nonpareil1726

costing1731

monstrous reinette1731

Newtown pippin1760

Ribston1782

Rhode Island greening1795

oslin1801

fall pippin1803

monstrous pippin1817

Newtown Spitzenburg1817

Gravenstein1821

Red Astrachan1822

Tolman sweet1822

grange apple1823

orange pippin1823

Baldwin1826

Sturmer Pippin1831

Newtowner1846

Northern Spy1847

Blenheim Orange1860

Cox1860

McIntosh Red1876

Worcester1877

raspberry apple1894

delicious1898

Laxton's Superb1920

Macoun1924

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > eating-apple > types of

costardc1390

bitter-sweet1393

pippin?1435

pomewater?1435

Queening?1435

richardine?1435

blaundrellc1440

pear apple1440

tuberc1440

quarrendenc1450

birtle1483

sweeting1530

pomeroyal1534

renneta1568

deusan1570

apple-john1572

Richard1572

lording1573

russeting1573

greening1577

queen apple1579

peeler1580

reinette1582

darling1584

doucin1584

golding1589

puffin1589

lady's longing1591

bitter-sweeting1597

pearmain1597

paradise apple1598

garden globe1600

gastlet1600

leather-coat1600

maligar1600

pomeroy1600

short-start1600

jenneting1601

pome-paradise1601

russet coat1602

John apple1604

honey apple1611

honeymeal1611

musk apple1611

short-shank1611

spice apple1611

French pippin1629

king apple1635

lady apple1651

golden pippin1654

goldling1655

puff1655

cardinal1658

renneting1658

green fillet1662

chestnut1664

cinnamon apple1664

fenouil1664

go-no-further1664

reinetting1664

Westbury apple1664

seek-no-farther1670

nonsuch1676

white-wining1676

russet1686

calville1691

fennel apple1699

queen1699

genet1706

fig-apple1707

oaken pin1707

musk1708

nonpareil1726

costing1731

monstrous reinette1731

Newtown pippin1760

Ribston1782

Rhode Island greening1795

oslin1801

wine apple1802

fall pippin1803

monstrous pippin1817

Newtown Spitzenburg1817

Gravenstein1821

Red Astrachan1822

Tolman sweet1822

grange apple1823

orange pippin1823

Baldwin1826

wine-sap1826

Jonathan1831

Sturmer Pippin1831

rusty-coat1843

Newtowner1846

Northern Spy1847

Cornish gilliflowerc1850

Blenheim Orange1860

Cox1860

nutmeg pippin1860

McIntosh Red1876

Worcester1877

raspberry apple1894

delicious1898

Laxton's Superb1920

Melba apple1928

Melba1933

Mutsu1951

Newtown1953

discovery1964

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cii. 89 The best Apples..are Pepins, Costardes..Darlings and such other.

B. adj. [attributive use of n.]

1. Dearly loved, very dear; best-loved, favourite.

a. of persons.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adjective]

lief and deara900

dearOE

sweetOE

lovedOE

dearlyOE

liefOE

dearworth?c1225

chere1297

lovered1340

beloveda1375

dearworthyc1374

chary?a1400

sugaredc1475

tender1485

chereful1486

affectionatea1513

dilect1521

chare1583

ingling1595

darling1596

affected1600

in the love of1631

jewel-darling1643

adorable1653

fonded1684

endeared1841

dotey1852

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xvi. lxxii Dyane derlyng pale as any leade.]

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. Proem sig. A2^v Dred infant, Venus dearling doue.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 373 His darling Sons.

1736 W. Thompson Epithalamium xiv. 9 Our dearling prince.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 341 My darling little Cyclops.

1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xxxii. 334 My unchanged love is with my darling child.

b. of things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adjective] > loved very much > of things

dearc1175

darling1609

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xviii. sig. B4^v Rough windes do shake the darling buds of Maie.

1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times iv. xvii. 230 To Acknowledge my darling faults.

1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome i. 7 Philosophy was his darling Study.

1799 S. T. Coleridge Devil's Thoughts vi The Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 101 A few enthusiasts..were bent on pursuing..their darling phantom of a republic.

2. Sweetly pretty or charming, ‘sweet’. affected.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > pretty

gentc1275

pretty1440

jant1638

dimber1665

belle1668

genty1701

prettyish1741

maidenish-looking1789

darling1805

pooty1825

pitty1826

purty1829

mooi1850

dotey1852

cute1868

1805 E. Cavanagh Let. 4 Oct. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 187 We all follow'd them out of doors across a Garden to a darling place.

1854 Punch Mar. 116 Isn't it the darlingest, sweetest, prettiest, little dear darling darling! Oh! did you ever!!

1858 Queen Victoria Let. 1 Apr. in Dearest Child (1964) 84 Darling Beatrice came..in short clothes with darling little stockings and..pink satin shoes—really too darling.

1906 Punch 21 Mar. 215/1 You have a darling little note-book..to match your frock.

1908 B. Harraden Interplay 373 It is perfectly darling of you to have chosen Hughie.

1937 D. Aldis Time at Her Heels v. 109 Your little boy did so beautifully... He was simply darling.

1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) i. 14 I've seen them with you in the Co-op, Dr. Mulcahy. They're darling.

1970 New Yorker 28 Feb. 54/2 Isn't it going to be darling!

Compounds

darling-like adj. Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 56 Her figure? somewhat small and darlinglike.

Derivatives

ˈdarling v. (transitive) to address as ‘darling’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > use specific terms of endearment to [verb (transitive)]

honey1602

darling1888

1888 Lady V. Sandars Bitter Repent. III. ii. 25 They still darlinged and deared each other as heretofore, especially in the presence of others.

1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path ii. i. 123 Wonderful the way you stage people darling each other.

1967 Punch 19 July 82/2 In the interval she seems to be in every bar and every corridor, darlinging everybody in sight.

ˈdarlingly adv. Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adverb]

lieflyc900

lief1297

cherefully1495

endearedly1624

belovedly1667

darlingly1873

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 106 Writing letters daily, duly read As darlingly she hands them to myself.

ˈdarlingness n. Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [noun] > lovable quality

dearness1624

darlingness1875

1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 39 Right they named you..some rich name..Kallistion? Phabion, for the darlingness?

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单词	darling
释义	darlingn.¹adj. Brit. /ˈdɑːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdɑrlɪŋ/ Forms: Old English–Middle English deorling, (Old English diorling, dirling, dyrling), Old English–1500s derling, (Middle English–1500s derlinge, derlyng(e), Middle English durling, durlyng, Middle English–1500s darlyng(e, 1500s darlinge, 1500s– darling; also Middle English deoreling, Middle English–1500s dereling, derelyng, Middle English–1500s deer(e)ling, deer(e)lyng, 1500s–1700s dearling, (1500s dearlinge, dearlyng(e). Etymology: Old English déorling , díerling , derivative of déor dear adj.¹: see -ling suffix¹. Thence Middle English dereling, derling, which subsequently became darling, as usual with er followed by a consonant; but the analytical dere-ling, dear-ling also continued in partial use till the 18th cent. or later, as a dialectal or nonce-form. A. n.¹ 1. a. A person who is very dear to another; the object of a person's love; one dearly loved. Commonly used as a term of endearing address. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] darlingc888 the apple of a person's eyeeOE lief971 light of one's eye(s)OE lovedOE my lifelOE lovec1225 druta1240 chere1297 sweetc1330 popelotc1390 likinga1393 oninga1400 onlepya1400 belovedc1430 well-beloved1447 heart-rootc1460 deara1500 delicate1531 belove1534 leefkyn1540 one and only1551 fondling1580 dearing1601 precious1602 loveling1606 dotey1663 lovee1753 passion1783 mavourneen1800 dote1809 treasure1844 seraph1853 sloe1884 darlint1888 asthore1894 darl1930 the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §10 Se godcunda anweald gefriþode his diorlingas [v.r. deorlingas]. c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care I. 393 Bi Dauide ðæm Godes dirlinge. c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 58 (Bosw.) Iohannes se Godspellere, Cristes dyrling. a1200 Moral Ode 385 Crist scal one beon inou alle his durlinges. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1538 Sweting, wel-come! Mi derworþe derling. ?a1400 Chester Plays iii. 372 And now farewell my darling deere. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Song of Sol. i, 13 My derlyng is to me a cluster of cipre tre. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. Iiii^v It ys better to be An olde mans derlyng, then a yong mans werlyng. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 39 Flee, fle, my sweet darling. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 110 While on her Dearling's Bed her Mother sate! 1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 32 The idol of my youth, The darling of my manhood. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 395 in Idylls of King Answer, darling, answer, no. †b. A favourite, a minion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > favourite or pet darlingc888 favoura1387 dandilly?a1513 tidling1520 marmoset1523 white son1539 minion1566 favourite1582 white boyc1600 feddle1611 dautie1676 inclination1691 mother's pet1819 fair-haired boy1822 pet1825 white-haired boy1829 petsywetsy1847 blue-eyed boy1919 fave1938 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxvii. §2 Ȝif ðe licode his dysig..swa wel swa his dysegum deorlingum dyde. a1400–50 Alexander 3442 An ald derling of Darius was duke made of pers. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 213/1 Derlyng, a man, mignon. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clviij The Quenes dearlynge William Duke of Suffolke. 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Eviij The king..had like to haue marred al, by lauishing out a word hereof to one of hys deerelyngs. 1716 J. Addison Free-Holder No. 21 She became the Darling of the Princess. c. The favourite in a family, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > favourite or pet > in a family darlingc1330 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 50 Knoute of his body gate sonnes þre..Knoute lufed [Harald] best, he was his derlyng. 1675 R. Allestree Art Contentm. iv. 73 The most discountenanc'd child oft makes better proof, then the dearling. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iii. ii. 9 John was the Darling, he had all the good Bits. d. One meet to be much loved, a lovable creature, a ‘pet’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [noun] > lovable person or creature love1814 darling1838 teddy bear1957 ditz1984 1838 R. Southey King of Crocodiles ii, in Poet. Wks. VI. 102 She found..that six young Princes, darlings all, Were missing. 1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory I. iii. 43 His duty towards those innocent darlings. 1864 Kingsley in Life (1879) II. xxi. 173 With every flock of sheep and girls are one or two enormous mastiffs..They are great darlings, and necessary against bear and wolf. 2. transferred and figurative. a. of persons, as the darling of the people, etc. ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12764 Þa spac Angel þe king. Scottene deorling. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3148 Alfred þe king. Englelondes deorling. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Pref. 8 Wantons and derelynges of fortune. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ccc4^v Augustus Cæsar..when he was a dearling of the Senate. View more context for this quotation 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. i. 1 A prince so good, that he was styled the Darling of mankind. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 193 Fortune turns..every thing to the advantage of her Darlings. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xxi. 508 Henry V was, as he deserved to be, the darling of the nation. b. of things. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > loved thing darlingc1430 true love1893 c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 25 Loue is goddis owne derlinge. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. iii. sig. Dd.iiij/2 Where God is, there also is patience his darling [1587 derling] which he nourisheth. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 66 Take heede on't, Make it a darling, like your pretious eye. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados Pref. 1 Then Oratory became their darling. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 148 Trade, that pride and darling of our ocean. †3. A name for a variety of apple. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [noun] > eating-apple > types of costardc1390 bitter-sweet1393 Queening?1435 richardine?1435 blaundrellc1440 pear apple1440 tuberc1440 quarrendenc1450 birtle1483 deusan1570 apple-john1572 Richard1572 lording1573 greening1577 queen apple1579 peeler1580 darling1584 doucin1584 golding1589 puffin1589 lady's longing1591 bitter-sweeting1597 pearmain1597 paradise apple1598 garden globe1600 gastlet1600 leather-coat1600 maligar1600 pome-paradise1601 French pippin1629 gillyflower1629 king apple1635 lady apple1651 golden pippin1654 goldling1655 puff1655 cardinal1658 green fillet1662 chestnut1664 cinnamon apple1664 fenouil1664 go-no-further1664 Westbury apple1664 seek-no-farther1670 nonsuch1676 calville1691 passe-pomme1691 fennel apple1699 queen1699 genet1706 fig-apple1707 oaken pin1707 nonpareil1726 costing1731 monstrous reinette1731 Newtown pippin1760 Ribston1782 Rhode Island greening1795 oslin1801 fall pippin1803 monstrous pippin1817 Newtown Spitzenburg1817 Gravenstein1821 Red Astrachan1822 Tolman sweet1822 grange apple1823 orange pippin1823 Baldwin1826 Sturmer Pippin1831 Newtowner1846 Northern Spy1847 Blenheim Orange1860 Cox1860 McIntosh Red1876 Worcester1877 raspberry apple1894 delicious1898 Laxton's Superb1920 Macoun1924 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > eating-apple > types of costardc1390 bitter-sweet1393 pippin?1435 pomewater?1435 Queening?1435 richardine?1435 blaundrellc1440 pear apple1440 tuberc1440 quarrendenc1450 birtle1483 sweeting1530 pomeroyal1534 renneta1568 deusan1570 apple-john1572 Richard1572 lording1573 russeting1573 greening1577 queen apple1579 peeler1580 reinette1582 darling1584 doucin1584 golding1589 puffin1589 lady's longing1591 bitter-sweeting1597 pearmain1597 paradise apple1598 garden globe1600 gastlet1600 leather-coat1600 maligar1600 pomeroy1600 short-start1600 jenneting1601 pome-paradise1601 russet coat1602 John apple1604 honey apple1611 honeymeal1611 musk apple1611 short-shank1611 spice apple1611 French pippin1629 king apple1635 lady apple1651 golden pippin1654 goldling1655 puff1655 cardinal1658 renneting1658 green fillet1662 chestnut1664 cinnamon apple1664 fenouil1664 go-no-further1664 reinetting1664 Westbury apple1664 seek-no-farther1670 nonsuch1676 white-wining1676 russet1686 calville1691 fennel apple1699 queen1699 genet1706 fig-apple1707 oaken pin1707 musk1708 nonpareil1726 costing1731 monstrous reinette1731 Newtown pippin1760 Ribston1782 Rhode Island greening1795 oslin1801 wine apple1802 fall pippin1803 monstrous pippin1817 Newtown Spitzenburg1817 Gravenstein1821 Red Astrachan1822 Tolman sweet1822 grange apple1823 orange pippin1823 Baldwin1826 wine-sap1826 Jonathan1831 Sturmer Pippin1831 rusty-coat1843 Newtowner1846 Northern Spy1847 Cornish gilliflowerc1850 Blenheim Orange1860 Cox1860 nutmeg pippin1860 McIntosh Red1876 Worcester1877 raspberry apple1894 delicious1898 Laxton's Superb1920 Melba apple1928 Melba1933 Mutsu1951 Newtown1953 discovery1964 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cii. 89 The best Apples..are Pepins, Costardes..Darlings and such other. B. adj. [attributive use of n.] 1. Dearly loved, very dear; best-loved, favourite. a. of persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adjective] lief and deara900 dearOE sweetOE lovedOE dearlyOE liefOE dearworth?c1225 chere1297 lovered1340 beloveda1375 dearworthyc1374 chary?a1400 sugaredc1475 tender1485 chereful1486 affectionatea1513 dilect1521 chare1583 ingling1595 darling1596 affected1600 in the love of1631 jewel-darling1643 adorable1653 fonded1684 endeared1841 dotey1852 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xvi. lxxii Dyane derlyng pale as any leade.] 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. Proem sig. A2^v Dred infant, Venus dearling doue. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 373 His darling Sons. View more context for this quotation 1736 W. Thompson Epithalamium xiv. 9 Our dearling prince. a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 341 My darling little Cyclops. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xxxii. 334 My unchanged love is with my darling child. b. of things. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adjective] > loved very much > of things dearc1175 darling1609 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xviii. sig. B4^v Rough windes do shake the darling buds of Maie. 1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times iv. xvii. 230 To Acknowledge my darling faults. 1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome i. 7 Philosophy was his darling Study. 1799 S. T. Coleridge Devil's Thoughts vi The Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 101 A few enthusiasts..were bent on pursuing..their darling phantom of a republic. 2. Sweetly pretty or charming, ‘sweet’. affected. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > pretty gentc1275 pretty1440 jant1638 dimber1665 belle1668 genty1701 prettyish1741 maidenish-looking1789 darling1805 pooty1825 pitty1826 purty1829 mooi1850 dotey1852 cute1868 1805 E. Cavanagh Let. 4 Oct. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 187 We all follow'd them out of doors across a Garden to a darling place. 1854 Punch Mar. 116 Isn't it the darlingest, sweetest, prettiest, little dear darling darling! Oh! did you ever!! 1858 Queen Victoria Let. 1 Apr. in Dearest Child (1964) 84 Darling Beatrice came..in short clothes with darling little stockings and..pink satin shoes—really too darling. 1906 Punch 21 Mar. 215/1 You have a darling little note-book..to match your frock. 1908 B. Harraden Interplay 373 It is perfectly darling of you to have chosen Hughie. 1937 D. Aldis Time at Her Heels v. 109 Your little boy did so beautifully... He was simply darling. 1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) i. 14 I've seen them with you in the Co-op, Dr. Mulcahy. They're darling. 1970 New Yorker 28 Feb. 54/2 Isn't it going to be darling! Compounds darling-like adj. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 56 Her figure? somewhat small and darlinglike. Derivatives ˈdarling v. (transitive) to address as ‘darling’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > use specific terms of endearment to [verb (transitive)] honey1602 darling1888 1888 Lady V. Sandars Bitter Repent. III. ii. 25 They still darlinged and deared each other as heretofore, especially in the presence of others. 1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path ii. i. 123 Wonderful the way you stage people darling each other. 1967 Punch 19 July 82/2 In the interval she seems to be in every bar and every corridor, darlinging everybody in sight. ˈdarlingly adv. Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adverb] lieflyc900 lief1297 cherefully1495 endearedly1624 belovedly1667 darlingly1873 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 106 Writing letters daily, duly read As darlingly she hands them to myself. ˈdarlingness n. Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [noun] > lovable quality dearness1624 darlingness1875 1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 39 Right they named you..some rich name..Kallistion? Phabion, for the darlingness? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Darlingn.² Etymology: < Darling, the name of a river in western New South Wales.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈDarling. Used attributively in the names of certain plants growing in the neighbourhood of the Darling River. ΚΠ 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 115/1 Darling Pea, an Australian plant, Swainsonia galegifolia. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Darling lily, Crinum flaccidum. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 63 Darling Pea... One of Australia's poisonous plants; cattle eating it become afflicted with staggers and die: so a man wandering in gait or dazed in appearance is said to be suffering from Darling Pea. 1963 A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 11 It [sc. Patterson's Curse]..does not poison animals, as does the innocuous-sounding Darling Pea. Derivatives Darling shower n. a local name for a dust-storm. ΚΠ 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 115/1 Darling Shower, a local name..for a dust storm, caused by cyclonic winds. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 10/1 The Riverina breeds a particularly distressful variety of dust-storm known as ‘Darling showers’. 1936 A. Russell Gone Nomad viii. 65 By this time, owing to the protracted drought, sand-storms or ‘Darling showers’, as we facetiously called them, had become an almost daily occurrence in the Red Country. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. x. 189 Cobar shower, denotes a duststorm. Darling shower, Wilcannia shower, and Bedourie shower are employed similarly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹adj.c888n.²1898
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