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单词 adorableness
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adorablenessn.

Brit. /əˈdɔːrəblnəs/, U.S. /ˌəˈdɔrəb(ə)lnəs/
Forms: see adorable adj. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adorable adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < adorable adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier adorability n.
The quality of being adorable (in either sense).
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adorability1637
adorableness1648
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the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [noun] > quality of being worthy of love
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1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia 161 They set divinity and adoreablenesse as the titles whereunto their loves are directed.
1659 J. Goodwin Banner Justif. Displayed 15 The intrinsecall and divine worth and adorableness of the Act [sc. of God's grace] it self.
1724 I. Watts Three Diss. rel. to Trinity iii. 81 The Adorableness of Christ, on the Account of the Supreme Indwelling Godhead, sets all Things right with Ease and Plainness.
1806 B. Dawson Philologia Anglicana (at cited word) The adorableness of the divine nature is demonstrated in the works of creation and providence.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xxii. 67 What suffused adorableness in a human frame where there is a mind that can flash out comprehension and hands that can execute finely!
1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 4/3 Her face would come before me—the dear adorableness of her—and I would resolve to tell her of my love.
1978 New York 16 Oct. 120/3 She relies on injured-bunny adorableness when she doesn't know what to do.
2003 L. Weisberger Devil wears Prada (2006) 422 He clearly wasn't into my adorableness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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