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单词 dilling
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dillingn.

/ˈdɪlɪŋ/
Etymology: Of doubtful etymology: it has been variously conjectured to be connected with dill v.2, or Old Norse dilla to trill, to lull, or to be a modification of derling, darling n.1 Further evidence is wanted.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
A term of endearment, sometimes equivalent to darling, sometimes, the youngest of a family, the last born. In modern dialects applied to the weakling of a litter.
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the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a child
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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
1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Dillin Mignyon.]
1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 106 After this there befell unto him another mischiefe that sate as neere his skirtes as the death of his dilling.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mignone, a minion, a fauorit, a dilling, a minikin, a darling.
1607 J. Marston What you Will ii. i Sunne, Moone, and seauen Starres make thee the dilling of Fortune.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Besot, a dilling, or swill-pough; the last, or yongest child one hath.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. 26 The youngest and the last..Saint Helens name doth beare, the dilling of her mother.
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas A Dilling or wanton, one borne his father being very old..he is loved more than the rest.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxvi. 76 For Joseph and Benjamin..they were his youngest sons, dillings as we call them.
1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 64 A Dilling; a Darling or best-beloved child.
1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Dilling pig or dolly pig, the weakly pig of a litter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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