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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "darlinghood"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kill one's darlings"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "media darling"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "derelyng"
},
"expansion": "Middle English derelyng",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "dīerling",
"4": "",
"5": "darling, favorite, minion; also household god"
},
"expansion": "Old English dīerling (“darling, favorite, minion; also household god”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dear",
"3": "ling"
},
"expansion": "dear + -ling",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English derelyng, from Old English dīerling (“darling, favorite, minion; also household god”), corresponding to dear + -ling.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "darlings",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "darling (plural darlings)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Mary, the youngest daughter, was always her mother's darling.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:",
"text": "But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who is dear to one."
],
"id": "en-darling-en-noun-Mockgt~1",
"links": [
[
"dear",
"dear"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "loke"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "loc"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥabīb",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَبِيب"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥabība",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حَبِيبَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sireli",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "սիրելի"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻankagin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "թանկագին"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʻaġcʻr",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "քաղցր"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "barekam",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "բարեկամ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljúby",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лю́бы"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljúbaja",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лю́бая"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "dilruba",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "দিলরুবা"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "padangat"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "padaba"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljubim",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "любим"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljubima",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "любима"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estimat"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estimada"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "親愛的"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīn'ài de",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "亲爱的"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "寶貝"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎobèi",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "宝贝"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "心肝寶貝"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xīngān bǎobèi",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "心肝宝贝"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xīngān",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "心肝"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "milý"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "miláček"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "poklad"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "zlato"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "elskede"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "schat"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "schatje"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "geliefde"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "lieverd"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "lieve"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "liefje"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "dz",
"lang": "Dzongkha",
"roman": "snying sdug",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "སྙིང་སྡུག"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "karulino"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "karegulo"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "karegulino"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kullake"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kallike"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kullakene"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kallikene"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "rakas"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kulta"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kultanen"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chéri"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chérie"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "amor"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rula"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tesouro"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "gl",
"english": "addressing",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "meu ben"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "gl",
"english": "addressing",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meu rei"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axlobeli",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "ახლობელი"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Liebling"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schatz"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schätzchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "agápi",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αγάπη"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "latreía",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λατρεία"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yaqqír",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "יַקִּיר"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "drágám"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "édesem"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "szívem"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kicsim"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "elskan"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "sayang"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kultoin"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ainsín"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carán"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "craobhóg"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "craoibhín"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cumann"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dílseog"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gealghrá"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grianán"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leanbán"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leannán"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leoinín"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "maoinín"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meanmarc"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "muirnín"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rúnach"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rúnsearc"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "úillín"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tesoro"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amore"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"alt": "あいすべき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "never used as a form of address",
"roman": "aisubeki",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "愛すべき"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dārin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "ダーリン"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "swītohāto",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "スイートハート"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "these words are rarely used in Japan as a form of address",
"roman": "hanī",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "ハニー"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"alt": "あなた",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "wife to husband, \"you\"",
"roman": "anata",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "貴方"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"alt": "きみ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "husband to wife, \"you\"",
"roman": "kimi",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "君"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jagi",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "자기"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jagiya",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "자기야"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dalling",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "달링"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeobo",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "여보"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "nazdar",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "نازدار"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "yar",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "یار"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "yare",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "یارە"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "deliciae"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 10 3 4 4 14",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mel"
},
{
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"en:People"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "darlinghood"
},
{
"word": "kill one's darlings"
},
{
"word": "media darling"
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "enm",
"3": "derelyng"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "ang",
"3": "dīerling",
"4": "",
"5": "darling, favorite, minion; also household god"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English derelyng, from Old English dīerling (“darling, favorite, minion; also household god”), corresponding to dear + -ling.",
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"English terms with usage examples"
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{
"text": "Mary, the youngest daughter, was always her mother's darling.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:",
"text": "But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A person who is dear to one."
],
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"text": "The girl next door picks up all my shopping for me. She is such a darling.",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "Pass the wine, would you, darling?",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1969, Paul McCartney (lyrics and music), “Oh! Darling”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles:",
"text": "Oh! Darling, please believe me / I'll never do you no harm",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1972, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “A Case of You”, in Blue:",
"text": "Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling / Still I'd be on my feet",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"An affectionate term of address."
],
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{
"word": "sweetheart"
}
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A favourite.",
"A royal favourite, the intimate companion of a king or other royal personage, often delegated significant political power."
],
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"favourite",
"favourite"
],
[
"royal",
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"intimate",
"intimate"
],
[
"companion",
"companion"
],
[
"king",
"king"
],
[
"personage",
"personage"
],
[
"delegate",
"delegate"
],
[
"significant",
"significant"
],
[
"political",
"political"
],
[
"power",
"power"
]
],
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"A favourite.",
"(obsolete) A royal favourite, the intimate companion of a king or other royal personage, often delegated significant political power."
],
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},
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"English terms with quotations"
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{
"ref": "1941, Theodore Roethke, “Feud”, in Open House; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, 1975, →ISBN, page 4:",
"text": "Exhausted fathers thinned the blood,\nYou curse the legacy of pain;\nDarling of an infected brood,\nYou feel disaster climb the vein.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A favourite.",
"The favourite child in a family."
],
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"favourite",
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"child",
"child"
],
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"family",
"family"
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]
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{
"text": "a media darling",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "a darling of the theatre",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:",
"text": "One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium^([sic]), and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A favourite.",
"A person or thing, now often a woman, who is very popular with a given group of people."
],
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"group"
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"A favourite.",
"(by extension) A person or thing, now often a woman, who is very popular with a given group of people."
],
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"broadly"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈdɑːlɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "där'lĭng",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɑɹlɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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{
"homophone": "Darling"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋ"
}
],
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "darlin'"
},
{
"word": "dearling"
}
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "loke"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "loc"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥabīb",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَبِيب"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥabība",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حَبِيبَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sireli",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "սիրելի"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻankagin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "թանկագին"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʻaġcʻr",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "քաղցր"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "barekam",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "բարեկամ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljúby",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лю́бы"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljúbaja",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лю́бая"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "dilruba",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "দিলরুবা"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "padangat"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "padaba"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljubim",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "любим"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljubima",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "любима"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estimat"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estimada"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "親愛的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīn'ài de",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "亲爱的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "寶貝"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎobèi",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "宝贝"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "心肝寶貝"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xīngān bǎobèi",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "心肝宝贝"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xīngān",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "心肝"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "milý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "miláček"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "poklad"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "zlato"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "elskede"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "schat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "schatje"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "geliefde"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "lieverd"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "lieve"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "liefje"
},
{
"code": "dz",
"lang": "Dzongkha",
"roman": "snying sdug",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "སྙིང་སྡུག"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "karulino"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "karegulo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "karegulino"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kullake"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kallike"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kullakene"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kallikene"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "rakas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kulta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kultanen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chéri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chérie"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "amor"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rula"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tesouro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"english": "addressing",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "meu ben"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"english": "addressing",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meu rei"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axlobeli",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "ახლობელი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Liebling"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schatz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schätzchen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "agápi",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αγάπη"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "latreía",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λατρεία"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yaqqír",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "יַקִּיר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "drágám"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "édesem"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "szívem"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kicsim"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "elskan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "sayang"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "kultoin"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ainsín"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "craobhóg"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "craoibhín"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cumann"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dílseog"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gealghrá"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grianán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leanbán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leannán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leoinín"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "maoinín"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meanmarc"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "muirnín"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rúnach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rúnsearc"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "úillín"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tesoro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amore"
},
{
"alt": "あいすべき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "never used as a form of address",
"roman": "aisubeki",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "愛すべき"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dārin",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "ダーリン"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "swītohāto",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "スイートハート"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "these words are rarely used in Japan as a form of address",
"roman": "hanī",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "ハニー"
},
{
"alt": "あなた",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "wife to husband, \"you\"",
"roman": "anata",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "貴方"
},
{
"alt": "きみ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "husband to wife, \"you\"",
"roman": "kimi",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "君"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jagi",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "자기"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jagiya",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "자기야"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dalling",
"sense": "person who is dear to one",
"word": "달링"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeobo",
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"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ro",
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{
"code": "ro",
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],
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "dear, cherished",
"word": "ionmhainn"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "dear, cherished",
"word": "milovaný"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "dear, cherished",
"word": "querido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "dear, cherished",
"word": "amado"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "dear, cherished",
"word": "sevgili"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "dear, cherished",
"word": "biricik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "dear, cherished",
"word": "canım"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "dear, cherished",
"word": "löfik"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "dilruba",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "দিলরুবা"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "estimat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "suloinen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "charitoménos",
"sense": "charming",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χαριτωμένος"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "caro"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "faribâ",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "فریبا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "delfarib",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "دلفریب"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "delrobâ",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "دلربا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "charming",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "czarujący"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "charming",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "czarująca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "encantador"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "încântător"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "drăguț"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "očarovátelʹnyj",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "очарова́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mílyj",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "ми́лый"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "zlatý"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "encantador"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "gullig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "söt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "bedårande"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "charmig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "hoş"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "charming",
"word": "tatlı"
}
],
"word": "darling"
}
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