LIKE, LIKING (enjoy)
ADJECTIVES
1696 ► PARTIAL TO having a fondness or liking for something → UK
1744 ► MAD ABOUT enthusiastic about; fond of; having a strong liking for; sexually infatuated → UK
1785 ► NUTS ABOUT → NUTS ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation
1865 ► HOT ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking
1867 ► BIG ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → orig. & chiefly US
1868 ► WILD ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking
1889 ► KEEN ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation
..20C ► DIGGABLE easy to like or enjoy → Aust. sl.
1904 ► CRAZY ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation
1910 ► NUTS OVER fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation
1920 ► HIPPED ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → orig. US
1923 ► POTTY ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation
1928 ► SOLD ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → orig. US
1930 ► HIGH ON fond of; liking → sl., orig. US
1949 ► MAD KEEN ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking
1963 ► STOKED ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking → orig. & chiefly surfing sl.
1969 ► INTO fond of; enthusiastic about; liking
NOUNS
1374 ► FANTASY inclination, liking, desire → obs.
1430 ► LUST liking, friendly inclination to a person → obs.
1460 ► LIKANCE liking; pleasure → obs.
1581 ► EDGE of persons: ardour, keenness in pursuit of an object; in weaker sense, inclination, liking → obs.
1589 ► BELOVING liking, pleasure → obs.
1607 ► AFFECTATION inclination towards, affection, liking, fondness of → obs.
1779 ► FAINNESS liking, love, affection, fondness → Sc.
1864 ► NOTION a liking or fancy, esp. for a person of the opposite sex → Amer. dial.
1886 ► THEAT a liking or inclination for → Sc.
..L19 ► MUTTON one’s preference, one’s liking; usually in plural → sl., orig. US
1933 ► FAVORANCE a liking, preference → Amer. dial.
1955 ► LOVESHIP fondness, liking → Amer. dial.
1974 ► CRUSH an infatuation, esp. a one-sided one; a strong liking for a person, esp. one of the opposite sex → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1205 ► BELOVE to be pleased with, to approve, to like → obs.
1548 ► FANTASY to take a fancy or liking to; to be favourably inclined to; to fall in love with → obs.
1557 ► BELIKE to like, to be pleased with → obs.
1606 ► AFFECT to incline or like → obs.
1656 ► FANCIFY to have a fancy for; to like → obs.
1780 ► HIT IT OFF to take a liking to someone → sl.
1788 ► BE KEEN OF to be eager to, to be fond of, to be have a liking for → Sc.
..19C ► TEMBLE ABOUT to care for; to like → Eng. dial.
1839 ► TAKE A SHINE TO to take a liking to someone → sl., orig. US
1840 ► COTTON TO to take a liking to someone → sl.
.M19 ► TAKE A SHINDY to find attractive or appealing; to have a fancy or affection for; to take a liking to someone → sl., orig. US
1890 ► LAP UP to receive with obviously liking or approval
1895 ► MIND to care for, to like → Amer. dial.
1902 ► BE A LADDIE FOR to have a great liking for → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR to have a fondness for; to like, to enjoy, to approve of; to be sentimentally fond
1903 ► FALL FOR to like or enjoy → Amer. sl. obs.
1905 ► TAKE ON WITH to like, to be attracted by → Ireland (Bk.)
1906 ► MIND to desire, to like, to be inclined → Amer. dial.
1907 ► COTTON ON TO to become attached to; to form a liking for → colloq.
1907 ► FEEL FOR to want, to like → Amer. dial.
1913 ► THINK A MASTER SIGHT OF to like very much → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1939 ► DIG to regard favourably; to like, to understand, to appreciate; to approve of; to enjoy → orig. US
1942 ► GO A BUNDLE ON → GO THE BUNDLE ON to regard favourably; to like; to enjoy; to approve of; often used in negative contexts → sl.
1950 ► TURN ON to introduce someone to something that one likes → Amer. sl.
1973 ► GET OFF ON to like; to enjoy; to approve of → sl.
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