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caress

noun
/kəˈɹɛs/

Etymology

From French caresse, from Italian carezza (“dear”), from Latin cārus (“dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-, akin to Sanskrit काम (kāma, “love”). Doublet of karezza.

  1. derived from *keh₂-✻
  2. derived from cārus
  3. derived from carezza
  4. borrowed from caresse

Definitions

  1. An act of endearment

    An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

    • He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command.
    • And he wooed her with his soft caresses, / Wooed her with his smile of sunshine, […]

  2. A gentle stroking or rubbing.

  3. To touch or kiss lovingly

    To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

    • The Guacho then goes up to him, caresses him, removes the poncho from his eyes, continues to caress him; so that, according to the notion of the country, the horse becomes [...]
    • She loves being caressed by her boyfriend.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To affect as if with a caress.

      • The love and anguish in his voice caressed my mind and soul.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at caress. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at caress. 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 caress

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