affectionate

Meanings

Adjective

• Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
• Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
• Eager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.

Verb

• To show affection to; to have affection for.
• To emotionally attach (oneself) to.

Related

Similar words

• tender; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.

Origin

• Partly from Latin affectionatus, partly from affection + -ate. aficionado.
• Either from the adjective, or from affection + -ate (modelled on Middle French affectionner).