well-beloved
/ˌwɛlbɪˈlʌv(ɪ)d/adjective
1Dearly loved, greatly beloved.
2Chiefly in or with reference to royal letters, decrees, etc., prefixed to the name or designation of a lord: highly esteemed or honoured. Usually in (right) trusty and well-beloved.
noun
A dearly loved person. Chiefly with possessive adjective.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From well + beloved.
- Archean
- arched
- archegonium
- impregnability
- impregnable
- impregnably
- impregnate
- impregnation
- impresario
- imprescriptible
- impress
- impressible
- impression
- impressionability
- impressionable
- impressionableness
- impressionably
- impressional
- impressionism
- impressionist
- impressionistic
- impressionistically
- impressive
- impressively
- impressiveness