The name fell with lazy affectionate remembrance from her lips.

On the night of Christmas Eve, so important is the appearance of the first star in remembrance of the Star of Bethlehem, that it has been given an affectionate name of " the little star " or Gwiazdka ( the female counterpart of St. Nicholas ).

The Ohio Company of Associates chose the name Marietta after an affectionate nickname for Marie Antoinette.

In Indonesia, nicknames are often considered more polite and affectionate, especially when the real name exceeds two syllables.

Her Japanese name is a combination of " Doki ", the Japanese onomatopoeia for a quickly beating heart, " baikin " ( meaning " germ "), and the diminutive / affectionate suffix "- chan ".

Memín is an alteration of Memo, the shortened form of Guillermo, her husband's name ; Pinguín comes from pingo ( roughly meaning mischievous, in an affectionate tone ).

The Queen never forgave Alice for accusations of possessiveness, and wrote of the Waleses shortly afterwards: " Bertie is most affectionate and kind but Alix name for Alexandra is by no means what she ought to be.

Her grandma's name is Ida Green, and the men's affectionate nickname for her is " Spuds ".

The name Jemima in Hebrew literally means " warm ", i. e. affectionate and hence it is taken to mean dove, which in Hebrew is also derived from the word for warmth.

Skiffy is still the name of the science fiction and fantasy club at the College of William and Mary, as well as ( not always affectionate ) shorthand for the American cable channel then called Sci Fi.

Despite the character's name, he is in fact a direct yet affectionate parody of Jack Regan.

A decision was made to change their colours to Brown with a white V. This decision subsequently earned them the affectionate name of the " Chocolate Soldiers " thanks to radio commentator Frank Hyde who wrote in the Penrith Club journal " these chocolate soldiers from out west – they don't melt!

Kuerten is also known as " Guga " (), an affectionate nickname which is a common abbreviation of the name " Gustavo " in Portuguese-speaking countries.

For example, вода ( voda, water ) becomes водичка ( vodichka, affectionate name of water ), кот ( kot, male cat ) becomes котик ( kotik, affectionate name ), кошка ( koshka, female cat ) becomes кошечка ( koshechka, affectionate name ), солнце ( solntse, sun ) becomes солнышко ( solnyshko ).

Sometimes you can combine several diminutive suffixes to make several degrees of diminution: пирог ( pirog, a pie ) becomes пирожок ( pirozhok, a small pie, or an affectionate name ), which then may become пирожочек ( pirozhochek, a very small pie, or an affectionate name ).

This is not only a compliment to Mijbil, of whom there are a fine series of photographs and drawings in the book, but to the author who has catalogued the saga of a frightened otter cub's journey by plane from Iraq to London, then by train ( where he lay curled in the wash basin playing with the water tap ) to Camusfearna, with affectionate detail.

Most often, she is lovingly affectionate or teasing with her prejudices.

The town's other famous association is with Accrington Stanley F. C., the butt of many ( largely affectionate ) jokes.

Whilst the stories were shocking in their time, this affectionate portrayal of a forthright and self-assured French girl who blossoms into a charismatic adult is nowadays more likely to be regarded as chastely sensual.

In this letter he defended the Celtic custom with considerable freedom but the tone is affectionate.

Odie is usually portrayed as naïve, happy, affectionate and blissfully unaware of Garfield's cynical, sadistic nature, despite the physical abuse Garfield exhibits toward him, including regularly kicking him off the kitchen table or tricking him into going over the edge himself.

It is affectionate with its family, and gentle with the children and friends of the family.

Diligere often has the notion " to be affectionate for ," " to esteem ," and rarely if ever is used for romantic love.

Apparently, Luthor is no longer affectionate to the Boy of Steel after the event at his sister's house, and now seeing Superboy as a " failed experiment " due to using " a wrong alien DNA " to combine with his own.

In the former case, it is regularly understood as an insult ; in the latter, it may carry notes of in-group disparagement, or even be understood as neutral or affectionate, a possible instance of reappropriation.

Dobbin professes his unchanged love to Amelia, but although Amelia is affectionate she tells him she cannot forget the memory of her dead husband.

She is usually referred to as Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.

She is portrayed as affectionate towards David, and defends him and his mother when Mr. Murdstone arrives to take custody of David, instead confronting the man and telling him off for his abuse of David and his mother, before threatening Mr. Murdstone and driving him off the premises.

There is an affectionate relationship between the two of them, and Helen has harsh words to say for Paris, when she compares the two brothers:

Yet I liked not to pray to a jealous God there where the frail affectionate gods whom the heathen love were being humbly invoked ; so I bethought me, instead, of Sheol Nugganoth, whom the men of the jungle have long since deserted, who is now unworshipped and alone ; and to him I prayed.

Laura Jesson ( Johnson ), a suburban housewife in a dull but affectionate marriage, tells her story in the first person while at home with her husband, imagining that she is confessing her affair to him.

Among the stereotypes of blacks in Uncle Tom's Cabin are the " happy darky " ( in the lazy, carefree character of Sam ); the light-skinned tragic mulatto as a sex object ( in the characters of Eliza, Cassy, and Emmeline ); the affectionate, dark-skinned female mammy ( through several characters, including Mammy, a cook at the St. Clare plantation ); the pickaninny stereotype of black children ( in the character of Topsy ); the Uncle Tom, an African American who is too eager to please white people.

It is not generally thought of as a title, however, but simply as an affectionate term of address for the presbyter.

11 ); since the former were commonplaces, there may be a concealed reference to life under Hadrian, whom Fronto retrospectively claims to have feared rather than loved, but the latter is borne out by the master's remark that there is no Latin equivalent for the Greek philóstorgos, meaning " affectionate ".

These children's biological father – unlike an uncle who is their mother's brother and thus their caregiver – is in some sense a ' stranger ' to them, even when affectionate and emotionally close.

She in turn is affectionate towards them, particularly Destruction.

* Papa is a word used in many languages as an affectionate term for father or, sometimes, grandfather

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Famous for his oratory abilities, he was renowned for having an embarrassing speech impediment which earned him the affectionate nickname of Biffe. The nickname Biffe derived from the ancient Celtic word for fool from which we now take the word buffoon.

* A hypocorism or affectionate phrase, often used in parts of the Midlands and South Yorkshire in England, originally derived from the title Duke

This earned him the affectionate sobriquet, " boots the bishop ," from his parishioners.

In this, an affectionate marriage and the ability to keep the threat from over the channel at bay, was seen as a happy coincidence.

His last set of " Lighter Side " strips, which had been written but not penciled, were illustrated after Berg's death by 18 of Mads other artists as a final tribute ; this affectionate send-off included the magazine's final new contribution from Jack Davis.

From his children, Boyle expected obedience, although as an affectionate father he was more forgiving of opposition from them than from political enemies.

In " No Strings ( reprise )", Rogers, after storming upstairs to complain, returns to her room at which point Astaire, still intent on dancing, nominates himself her " sandman ", sprinkling sand from a cuspidor and lulling her, Horton and eventually himself to sleep with a soft and gentle sand dance, to a diminuendo reprise of the melody, in a scene which has drawn considerable admiration from dance commentators, and has been the subject of affectionate screen parodies.

His other leads included The Man from Blankley's ( 1930 ), Svengali ( 1931 ), The Mad Genius ( 1931 ), Grand Hotel ( 1932 ) ( in which he displays an affectionate chemistry with his brother Lionel ), Dinner at Eight ( 1933 ), Topaze ( 1933 ) and Twentieth Century ( 1934 ).

But that some people are happy, others unhappy, some afraid, or full of anger, and some loving and affectionate -- read the case histories to find how such differences between people were then absent from the literature.

As a father he was affectionate, though he demanded high standards from his children, and he was a faithful husband to his wife.

Originally conceived to become a host for his maternal grandfather's soul as well as a pawn against the Dark Knight, Batman saved his child from this fate which forced Ra's to inhabit his own son's body, and Damian is affectionate to his father.

In 1965 he rebounded from the controversy surrounding The Origins of the Second World War with the spectacular success of his book English History 1914 – 1945, his only venture into social and cultural history, where he offered a loving, affectionate portrayal of the years between 1914 and 1945.

An innocent, affectionate gesture between the two during a song ( Clark touched Belafonte on the arm ) prompts concern from the show's sponsor ( Chrysler Corporation ) due to the difference in their races, but the scene is aired intact at Clark's insistence.

The CD booklets contain affectionate tributes from members of the Cramps, Sparks, R. E. M., the New York Dolls, Blondie, Dramarama, the Go-Go's, Danzig, Devo, Patti Smith Group, and the Screamers, as well as praise from Danny Fields, Jayne County, Rufus Wainwright, and Paul Reubens, helping to secure Mumps a place in musical history.

Use of the phrase was often received with laughter from studio audiences, due to Del's oblivious belief that it had affectionate implications.

The prosecution cited a meeting with Katsav's attorneys that highlighted contradictions in their testimony, including an affectionate letter from one of the complainants after the two rapes allegedly occurred.

It signifies the state of robust tranquility that derives from eschewing faith in an afterlife, not fearing the gods because they are distant and unconcerned with us, avoiding politics and vexatious people, surrounding oneself with trustworthy and affectionate friends and, most importantly, being an affectionate, virtuous person, worthy of trust.

The Cariñosa ( meaning loving or affectionate one ), is a Philippine national dance from the María Clara suite of Philippine folk dances, where the fan, and handkerchief plays an instrument role as it places the couple in romance scenario.

" California Man ", a # 7 UK hit, featured baritone saxophones, a double bass, and a riff borrowed from George Gershwin, was an affectionate tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis ( the double bass had " Killer ", Lewis ' nickname, written on it ) with Lynne and Wood trading verses and lines.