English has no such suffix for a term of endearment. From Wordnik.com. [Learning to Die in Miami] Reference
In the beginning of our love affair, I thought he enjoyed my name of endearment for him. From Wordnik.com. [Not the Girl Next Door] Reference
“Yes, I’ve actually heard it used as a term of endearment.”. From Wordnik.com. [Still Kicking] Reference
It’s the whole “one man’s term of endearment is another man’s hidious comment” thing. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - On the subject of offending…] Reference
She also said, "People love him, and you won't hear that kind of endearment about other directors.". From Wordnik.com. [Altman Made Pictures His Way] Reference
Its just a term of endearment. From Wordnik.com. [Deadly Intent] Reference
"endearment" to say to new-comers, to bring against them when their time comes. From Wordnik.com. [Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison] Reference
There 's a thrill of endearment, all raptures above. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Never before had he used any term of endearment to her. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
He was called Henriquillo by way of Catholic endearment. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862] Reference
If you say it right, it sounds like a term of endearment. From Wordnik.com. [Albertine Takes A Tumble] Reference
It isn't suspect that I should use terms of endearment. From Wordnik.com. [The Kisses of a Satyr] Reference
The term of endearment has of course no particular significance. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
It was the first time she had ever used a term of endearment toward David. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Jean and Buddie sprang toward him with expressions of sympathy and endearment. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
How unconsciously she had dropped into the term of endearment with this young girl. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
The little word of endearment slipped out unconsciously, though she was not used to. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings] Reference
The mystic spirit stirs even in commonplaces, and the merest question is an endearment. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862] Reference
(Then let some gray dogcarts run up or down-and-out the staircases and endearment the scent.). From Wordnik.com. [Life is Life (or Ode to a great big idiot like Zizek)] Reference
"Never used a term of endearment before; going to say something nasty," thought Mrs. Haughton. From Wordnik.com. [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference
And her father noticed with deep misgiving that she omitted the customary term of endearment between them. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
Murmuring soft German words of endearment, I approached the nearest cow in the hope of obtaining some milk. From Wordnik.com. ['Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany] Reference
Suddenly even the most banal terms of endearment ( "Honey, I missed you") take on hilarious double meanings. From Wordnik.com. [THE BRIDE WORE LITTLE] Reference
He should learn to call her by tender names; and speak to her words of fondness, of endearment, and of love. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
All these things are matter of course to all Frenchmen, who are never at a loss for civility and terms of endearment. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
I still remember his endearment attentions and tenderness to me ... a straight talk about our experiences in marriage. From Wordnik.com. [main erogenous zone of all women.] Reference
But Thalma longed for the presence of the soul, for those words of endearment and love that had thrilled her mother heart. From Wordnik.com. [Omega, the Man] Reference
For the tone of voice and the little term of endearment and the woman herself were all rather bewilderingly like her aunt. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Ormond visited me; but I knew him not, and in my madness, called on Esther, accompanying the name with terms of endearment. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
When angry, abusive epithets seemed to fall as naturally from her tongue as expressions of endearment when she was pleased. From Wordnik.com. [Live to be Useful or, The Story of Annie Lee and her Irish Nurse] Reference
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