English Dictionary

caressive

/kəˈɹɛsɪv/

adj

Having the nature of a caress; gentle, soothing. / (linguistics) Of a diminutive: indicating affection or endearment.

She has a caressive touch that makes everyone feel loved.

意味（1）

Having the nature of a caress; gentle, soothing.

But the faithful creature [a dog] had soon returned, and comprehending that his mistress was confined in this great stone building, he whined and howled, waiting, within ten feet of the sentinel, a caressive reply.

意味（2）

(linguistics) Of a diminutive: indicating affection or endearment.

All diminutives eaſily acquire a careſſive character, as animula, ocellus, &c. the Greeks even called their diminutives ὐποκρισικα; and the ſofter form, lin, rather than kin, would moſt naturally be ſo appropriated.