adorable

/əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/
adjective

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 1 meaning

  1. Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

    “a romantic love song with adorable-sounding drum beats”

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Where it comes from

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French adorable and its etymon Latin adōrābilis, from adōrāre + -bilis, from ad + ōrō. By surface analysis, adore + -able.

ADORABLE at a glance

ADORABLE has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (A 1 + D 2 + O 1 + R 1 + A 1 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,332 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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