affectionate
adjective /əˈfekʃənət/
/əˈfekʃənət/
- showing caring feelings and love for somebody synonym loving
- He is very affectionate towards his children.
- an affectionate kiss
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAffectionate is used with these nouns:- hug
- kiss
- memory
- …
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘disposed, inclined towards’): from French affectionné ‘beloved’ or medieval Latin affectionatus ‘devoted’, from affectio(n-), from afficere ‘to influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’.