loving

Inherited from Middle English lovynge, lovyng (“love”), from Old English lufung; equivalent to love +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌvɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌvɪŋ

loving (usually uncountable, plural lovings)

1. The action of the verb to love.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 132, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     all natural lovings and longings

loving (comparative lovinger or more loving, superlative lovingest or most loving)

1. Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

   his loving wife

• adoring
• affectionate
• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

loving

1. present participle and gerund of love

• voling

loving

1. alternative form of lovynge (“praise”)