caressing name

Noun

 * 1)  A name or nickname used to express affection, especially to a child, parent, or other loved one.
 * 2) * 1866,, Birds of Prey, Book3, Chapter4, in , February, 1867, p.395,
 * Miss Halliday consented to call her mother’s husband “Papa,” though the caressing name seemed in a manner to stick in her throat.
 * 1) * 1923,, “The Theory of Symbolism” in Papers on Psycho-Analysis, New York: William Wood, p.142,
 * the four ideas that keep recurring in connection with the name ‘punchinello’ are (1) a caressing name for male offspring, equivalent to ‘little man’
 * Miss Halliday consented to call her mother’s husband “Papa,” though the caressing name seemed in a manner to stick in her throat.
 * 1) * 1923,, “The Theory of Symbolism” in Papers on Psycho-Analysis, New York: William Wood, p.142,
 * the four ideas that keep recurring in connection with the name ‘punchinello’ are (1) a caressing name for male offspring, equivalent to ‘little man’