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Latest comment: 3 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic bi ˈlʌv(ɪ)d
Garner's fourth edition reads
The three-syllable form is used for the adjective, my beloved wife, or the attributive noun dearly beloved. As a modifier of an attributive past participle, dearly is familiar in the set phrase dearly beloved.
What attributive noun is it referring to? --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:04, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
beloved of
[edit]OF 19. By: beloved of the family.
What Part of Speech is beloved here then? What's its pronunciation? --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:08, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
- OED (adjective) She ran one of the little tea rooms so beloved of Londoners --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:56, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
bi ˈlʌv(ɪ)d
[edit]Longman Pronunciation Dictionary reads
biˈlʌv ɪd (bə-, -əd, -ˈlʌvd) but predicatively always -ˈlʌvd