"loveling" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hateling"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "love",
        "3": "ling"
      },
      "expansion": "love + -ling",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "leaveling",
        "t": "darling"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian leaveling (“darling”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lieveling",
        "t": "darling, sweetheart"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lieveling (“darling, sweetheart”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "liefling",
        "t": "darling"
      },
      "expansion": "Afrikaans liefling (“darling”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Liebling",
        "t": "darling"
      },
      "expansion": "German Liebling (“darling”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From love + -ling. Compare West Frisian leaveling (“darling”), Dutch lieveling (“darling, sweetheart”), Afrikaans liefling (“darling”), German Liebling (“darling”); perhaps calqued, inspired, or reinforced by the term.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lovelings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "loveling (plural lovelings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms of address",
          "parents": [
            "Terms of address",
            "Terms by usage"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ling",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A beloved little one; darling; a beloved or lovable thing."
      ],
      "id": "en-loveling-en-noun-pZ2NAz4b",
      "links": [
        [
          "darling",
          "darling"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "loveling"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hateling"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "love",
        "3": "ling"
      },
      "expansion": "love + -ling",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "leaveling",
        "t": "darling"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian leaveling (“darling”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lieveling",
        "t": "darling, sweetheart"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lieveling (“darling, sweetheart”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "liefling",
        "t": "darling"
      },
      "expansion": "Afrikaans liefling (“darling”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Liebling",
        "t": "darling"
      },
      "expansion": "German Liebling (“darling”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From love + -ling. Compare West Frisian leaveling (“darling”), Dutch lieveling (“darling, sweetheart”), Afrikaans liefling (“darling”), German Liebling (“darling”); perhaps calqued, inspired, or reinforced by the term.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lovelings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "loveling (plural lovelings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English endearing terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms of address",
        "English terms suffixed with -ling",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A beloved little one; darling; a beloved or lovable thing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "darling",
          "darling"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "loveling"
}