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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OE.

derling

deorling

, AS.

deórling

;

deóre

dear +

-ling

. See

, and

One dearly beloved; a favorite.

And can do naught but wail her

darling’s

loss.

Shakespeare

Adj.

Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite.

“Some darling science.”

I. Watts.

“Darling sin.”

Macaulay.

Adj.

Dearly beloved; favorite; regarded with great kindness and tenderness; as a darling child; a darling science.

Noun.

One much beloved; a favorite; as, that son was the darling of his father.