English

Adjective

ever-loving ‎(comparative more ever-loving, superlative most ever-loving)

1. That loves forever.
   • 1652, Ralph Venning, Mysteries and Revelations, OCLC 68141150:

     When the All-blessed Spirit of the ever living and ever-loving God hath given his teſtimony...

   • 1934, Damon Runyon, Blue Plate Special, OCLC 19460336:

     Why not call your ever-loving wife?

2. General intensifier, often with beat.
   • 1933, Rollin Kirby, “The death of a puppet”, in Vanity Fair, volume 41, page 66:

     I could have kicked the ever-loving **** out'n you, if I'd had my mind on it.

   • 1982, Lewis Perdue, Queens Gate Reckoning, ISBN 978-0523414362, page 296:

     What in ever-loving **** could you have done?

Noun

ever-loving ‎(plural ever-lovings)

1. One's wife.
   • 1959 December 24, “People Are”, in Jet, page 42:

     That Fairfield, Ala., husband who was called home from work to find his ever-loving and her gentleman "guest" suffering from knife wounds and the bedroom a wreck.