loving

plural lovings

1. uncountableusuallyThe action of the verb to love.

   all natural lovings and longings

   1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 132, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

comparative lovinger · comparative more loving · superlative lovingest · superlative most loving

1. Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

   his loving wife, her loving husband

   Synonyms: adoring, affectionate, affectionate, caring, cordial, dear, fond, soft

2. USattributiveeuphemisticslangEuphemistic form of fucking.

   At long lovin’ last!

   1995, John Sack, Company C: The Real War in Iraq, 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: William Morrow & Company, published 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, →Goodreads, page 151, line 18

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   I want you to have every loving brother’s sister’s cousin’s child downstairs and standing at attention at six o’clock.

   1962, John Oliver Killens, “Part I [1]: The Planting Season — Chapter 2”, in And Then We Heard The Thunder (Books for Young Readers), 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: Alfred A[braham]. Knopf, Inc[orporated]., published 1964, →ISBN, →OL, page 13, lines 25–27

   “Anderson,” said Beaupre, “you think we’re going to see any lovin’ Viet Congs today?”

   1966, David Halberstam, one very hot day, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1967, page 51, lines 26–27

   “ Eat and drink like a loving pig,” he says, patting the bulge under his parka.

   1977, John Langone, Life at the Bottom: The People of Antarctica, 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, Boston—Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, published 1977, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 76, lines 26–27

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of love

plural Lovings

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. A placename
   1. countableuncountableA village in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.
   2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Young County, Texas, United States.
   4. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Loving County.
3. USabbreviationellipsisinformaluncountablegovernmentEllipsis of Loving v. Virginia, a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized interacial marriage under the Equal Protection and Due Process; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.