adorable

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US /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/ UK /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/
adj Freq #4616

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

    a romantic love song with adorable-sounding drum beats

  2. 2
    adj

    lovable especially in a childlike or naive way

Etymology

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

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Synonyms
2 adj · lovable especially in a... lovely

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