adorable English · revision 10333

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1611|origins=fr adorable|origins=la adorabilis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/ ''(UK)''; /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|adorable]], from Latin adōrābilis, worthy of worship,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from adōrāre, to worship (see [[adore]]),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) with the suffix -bilis (see [[-able]]).^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Worthy of worship or divine honour: 1611 in the OED, the 1610s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The weakened sense, delightful, charming, said by exaggeration of anything one is passionately attached to, is recorded from 1710.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The religious sense is now rare.^(SOED 2002)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1611 – worthy of worship.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1710 – delightful, charming.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Delightful, lovable and [[charming]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(rare)'' Worthy of [[adoration]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adorability]]

+ * [[adorably]]

+ * [[adorableness]]

+ * [[unadorable]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adore]]

+ * [[adoration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}