beloved
adjective
|bəˈləv(ə)d| dearly loved:
｟文/おどけて｠ 〖名詞の前で〗最愛の, いとしの, 大好きな; 愛用の
e.g. his beloved son.
|biˈləvd| (beloved by/beloved of) very popular with or much used by a specified set of people:
〖be ～ of/by A〗 A〈人〉に愛されている.
e.g. being so close, the mountain hut is beloved of families on a day's outing.
noun |bəˈləvəd|
a much loved person:
｟文/古｠ ; 〖one's ～; 単数形で〗 最愛の人; 〖呼びかけで〗あなた(sweetheart)
e.g. he watched his beloved.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: past participle of obsolete belove ‘be pleasing’, later ‘love’.