• IPA: /ˈlʌvɪŋ/

loving (uncountable)

1. The action of the verb to love.
   • 1851 November 13, Herman Melville, chapter 132, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC ↗:

     all natural lovings and longings

loving (comparative lovinger, superlative lovingest)

1. Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

   his loving wife

• adoring
• affectionate
• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

• French: aimant
• German: liebend
• Italian: amoroso, amorevole
• Portuguese: amoroso
• Russian: любить
• Spanish: cariñoso, amoroso, querendón

1. Present participle and gerund of love

1. Surname.
2. A placename
   1. A village in Eddy County, New Mexico
   2. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma, USA
   3. An unincorporated community in Young County, Texas
   4. Ellipsis of Loving County
3. (US, law, sexuality, US politics, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of Loving v. Virginia A 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized interacial marriage under the Equal Protection and due process; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.

   Coordinate terms: Eisenstadt, Obergefell, substantive due process