adorable

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/ UK /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #4616

Meanings

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adj
Very attractive and easy to love, especially in a sweet or charming way.

Their new puppy is absolutely adorable.

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Synonyms

1 adj · very attractive and easy to... lovely

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French adorable and its etymon Latin adorābilis, from adōrāre, from ad + ōrō + ōrāre. By surface analysis, adore + -able.

adorābilis Latin

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