Definition of Hypocoristic. Meaning of Hypocoristic. Synonyms of Hypocoristic

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Definition of Hypocoristic

Hypocoristic
Hypocoristic Hyp`o*co*ris"tic, a. [Gr. ?; ? under + ? to caress.] Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name. The hypocoristic or pet form of William. --Dr. Murray.

Meaning of Hypocoristic from wikipedia

- ὑποκορίζεσθαι (hypokorizesthai), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also hypocoristic) or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be...
- use, hypocoristic names in Spanish are only used to address a person in a very familiar environment – the only exception being when the hypocoristic is...
- Mia is a feminine given name. Long in use as a diminutive of names such as Maria, Mia is recorded as a given name in the United States in the 1960s, and...
- extremely implausible; in one genealogy he appears as Ceola, an apparent hypocoristic [...] implying a dithematic Ceol-name; while the Genealogical Regnal...
- Scandinavian in the spelling Sofie and Sophy. A Dutch hypocoristic is Sofieke. Russian has the hypocoristic Соня (Sonya), which in the late 19th century was...
- name and surname which is derived from the Latin name Constantinus, a hypocoristic of the first names Constans and Constantius, both meaning "constant,...
- are also a number of unrelated names also spelled Mani, some of them hypocoristic, such as German Mani for Manfred. Mani (prophet) (c. 216 – 276), Iranian...
- occasionally masculine. It is derived from a diminutive of Siga, a mediaeval hypocoristic of Germanic names having the first element Sig- (meaning "victory")....
- Vivian (and variants such as Vivien and Vivienne) is a given name, and less often a surname, derived from a Latin name of the Roman Empire period, masculine...
- ('baptized'), Radovan, Dragan, Željan, Dejan, Nayden, Mirjana. Diminutive and hypocoristic (endearing) names deriving from the above-mentioned dithematic names...