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"Look at thon blade" – "Look at that girl"; "Our blade" – "My sister/cousin" (Can also be used as a term of endearment in this form) boak, boke: to retch/vomit, vomit verb noun: From Scots bowk. [19] bog: wetland/toilet noun: From Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach meaning "wetland". boggin/bogging: disgusting, ugly or otherwise generally ...
-uccio, -uccia, similar to -ello/-ella, -etto/-etta and -ino/-ina, it is generally a loving, benign, courtesy, or affectionate diminutive suffix: tesoro→tesoruccio (literally "treasure," but used as an Italian term of endearment → little treasure), amore → amoruccio (Amore literally means "love", but it is often used to affectionately ...
-ik (Belarusian, Polish, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian) It merely creates a noun in Slovak where -ik is a version of -ík, can be endearment, diminutive, have other meanings. [21]-ík It merely creates a noun and can also be endearment, diminutive, have other meanings; its other Slovak version is -ik. [21]
A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle something or someone.
This article is about the phrase. For the film, see Terms of Endearment. For other uses, see Terms of Endearment (disambiguation). A term of endearment is a word or phrase used to address or describe a person, animal or inanimate object for which the speaker feels love or affection. Terms of endearment are used for a variety of reasons, such as parents addressing their children and lovers ...
"Mavourneen" is a term of endearment derived from the Irish Gaelic mo mhuirnín, meaning "my beloved". The Irish soprano Catherine Hayes (1818–1861)—the first Irish woman to sing at La Scala in Milan—learned "Kathleen Mavourneen" while training in Dublin.
Donald Cameron (born c. 1550), known as Black Taylor of the Axe (Scottish Gaelic Taillear Dubh na Tuaighe) was a famed warrior of the Scottish Highlands during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. Born illegitimate, his father was Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, 14th chief of Clan Cameron, and his mother was the daughter of the chief of Clan MacDougall.
Other, more informal terms include: banshee – bean sí. barmbrack – An Irish fruit loaf. From Irish ó bairín breac, speckled loaf. bodhrán – A winnowing drum used as a musical instrument. bog – (from bogach meaning "marsh/peatland") a wetland (according to OED). bonnaught – A type of billeting or a billeted soldier.