Affectionate vs Apeth - What's the difference?
affectionate | apeth |
(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
*, Folio Society, 2006, p.21:
* 1721 , John Rushworth, Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629 , Volume 1,
* 1838 February 1, (Charles Dickens), To Catherine Dickens'', 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), ''The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens ,
A halfpennyworth.
* 2003: Jeanne Lawrence, A Glint of Black Stocking: The Royal Infirmary , iUniverse, p.162,
(Northern England, informal) An affectionate term for a silly or foolish person.
* 2003 : Chris Brown, Of Ghosts and Faeries - A Firefighter's Tale , WritersPrintShop 2004, p.61
(archaic) Third-person singular]] simple present of [[ape#Verb, to ape.
* 1849: Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments , Wiley, p.50,
* 1885: Richard Francis Burton (translator''), ''Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , Kessinger Publishing (2003), p.155,
* 2000: Richard J Carr, Wyndedanse: A Royal Chronicle of 17th Century Siam , Xlibris Corporation, p.187,
As verbs the difference between affectionate and apeth
is that affectionate is (rare) to show affection to; to have affection for while apeth is (archaic) third-person singular]] simple present of [[ape#verb|to ape.As an adjective affectionate
is (of a person) having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.As a noun apeth is
a halfpennyworth.affectionate
English
Etymology 1
Partly from (etyl) affectionatus, partly from affection + .Adjective
(en adjective)- She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
- the affectionate''' care of a parent; an '''affectionate''' countenance; an '''affectionate''' message; ' affectionate language
- Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.
Synonyms
* tender; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent. * See alsoDerived terms
* affectionatelyEtymology 2
Either from the adjective, or from affection + (modelled on Middle French affectionner).Verb
(affectionat)- Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that.
page 222,
- And fir?t, his Maje?ty would have you to under?tand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right u?e of Parliaments, than his Maje?ty hath approved him?elf to be,.
page 41,
- Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband
- CHARLES DICKENS
apeth
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of '', itself an abbreviation of ''halfpennyworth .Noun
(en noun)- “Oh Harry, it doesn't matter an 'apeth we're here to see Joni?' “Hello luv,” Dad walked in. “Hello Dad.” “Had a good week then?”
- Oi, that water's not free, y'know. It has to be pumped up here yer daft ’apeth . It's not a bloody river.
Etymology 2
From .Verb
(head)- Fashion, the parasite of Rank, apeth faults and failings, Until the general Taste depraved hath warped its sense of beauty.
- I know that whoso apeth a stronger than he, wearieth himself and haply cometh to ruin.
- "The way you talk now, Richard, apeth the voice of the interloper."