Noun: deary deer-ee
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Someone who is loved (used as a term of endearment)
"My deary, I've missed you so much";
- beloved, dear, dearest, honey [informal], love, baby [informal], darling, dearie [Brit, informal], sweetheart, sweetie [informal], sugar [N. Amer, informal], duck [Brit, informal], hon [informal]
- A special loved one
"The elderly couple still called each other 'deary' after fifty years of marriage";
- darling, favorite [US], favourite [Brit, Cdn], pet, dearie [Brit, informal], ducky [informal], jo [UK, archaic, dialect], acushla [Ireland], honeybunch [informal], duckie [informal], honeybun [N. Amer, informal]
Type of: lover
Encyclopedia: Deary, Idaho