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beloved

adj
/bɪˈlʌvd/CA

Etymology

From Middle English beloved, biloved, equivalent to belove + -ed.

  1. inherited from beloved

Definitions

  1. Much loved, dearly loved.

    • It is ſcarce poſſible to imagine the Conſternation I was now in, being driven from my beloved Iſland (for ſo it appeared to me now to be) into the wide Ocean, almoſt two Leagues, and in the utmoſt Deſpair of ever recovering it again.

  2. Someone who is loved

    Someone who is loved; something that is loved.

    • […] Chriſtian, with deſire fell ſick, Hopeful alſo had a fit or two of the ſame Diſeaſe: Wherefore, here they lay by it a while, crying out, becauſe of their pangs, If ye ſee my Beloved, tell him that I am ſick of love.

  3. simple past and past participle of belove.

    • He [William Russell, Lord Russell] was a man of great candour and of a general reputation, univerſally beloved and truſted; of a generous and obliging temper.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at beloved. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01beloved02loved03love04darling05sweetheart06endearment07endeared

A definitional loop anchored at beloved. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at beloved

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA