/huy pok"euh riz'euhm, hi-/ , n.
1. a pet name.
2. the practice of using a pet name.
3. the use of forms of speech imitative of baby talk, esp. by an adult.
[ 1840-50; hypokórisma pet name. See HYPOCORISTIC, -ISM ]
/huy pok"euh riz'euhm, hi-/ , n.
1. a pet name.
2. the practice of using a pet name.
3. the use of forms of speech imitative of baby talk, esp. by an adult.
[ 1840-50; hypokórisma pet name. See HYPOCORISTIC, -ISM ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012