† dilli-darlingn.
Obsolete. rare.
A term of endearment: a darling. [These terms translate French dorelot and bedault, both of which Cotgrave renders ‘dilling’.]
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a child
chickc1330
dillydowna1500
dilling1584
dotey1663
cherub1680
dilli-darling1693
dilli-minion1693
chickabiddy?1775
chicken1809
dote1809
chick-a-diddle1826
sock-lamb1838
sock1840
childie1848
chickadee1860
doy1862
diddums1893
pumpkin1900
poopsie1937
bubele1959
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiv. 114 As if I had been a..neat dillidarling Minion, like Adonis.
Derivatives
dilli-ˈminion n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a child
chickc1330
dillydowna1500
dilling1584
dotey1663
cherub1680
dilli-darling1693
dilli-minion1693
chickabiddy?1775
chicken1809
dote1809
chick-a-diddle1826
sock-lamb1838
sock1840
childie1848
chickadee1860
doy1862
diddums1893
pumpkin1900
poopsie1937
bubele1959
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xviii. 146 My dainty Fedle-darling, my gentiel Dilli-minion.
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