darling
To call "darling"To call (someone) "darling" (noun sense 1).
» I like it when Tom calls me darling.
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1 senses(informal)To call (someone) "darling" (noun sense 1).
Examples
95 sentencesI like it when Tom calls me darling.
I call my sweetheart darling.
I knew you'd come, my darling.
Я знав, що ти прийдеш, люба. — deniko
My dad is a darling of a man.
Мій тато — золота людина. — deniko
How about a warm cup of tea to relax, my darling neko?
Як щодо чашки теплого чаю, щоб розслабитися, мій милий неко? — Ahha
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English dereling, derelyng (“beloved person; beloved of GoThe noun is derived from Middle English dereling, derelyng (“beloved person; beloved of God, devout Christian”), from Old English dīerling, dēorling (“favourite, darling; minion”), from Proto-West Germanic *diuriling, from Proto-Germanic *diurijalingaz, from *diurijaz (“beloved, dear; expensive”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“hot, warm; to burn”), or *dweh₂- (“distant, long; to remove, separate”)) + *-ilingaz (suffix forming (diminutive) nouns with the sense of ‘belonging to; coming from’). By surface analysis, dear + -ling (suffix meaning ‘immature; small’).
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Forms
darlings, darlinging, darlinged, darlingedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle