storge
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στοργή (storgḗ, “love, affection”).
Pronunciation
Noun
storge (uncountable)
- Natural affection or love, especially of parents for their children.
- 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants:
- As soon as the seeds are formed, it erects all the flower-stalks to prevent them from falling out; and thus loses the beauty of its figure. Is this a mechanical effect, or does it indicate a vegetable storgé to preserve its offspring?
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, OCLC 2057953:
- I saw a Jewish lady, only yesterday, with a child at her knee, and from whose face towards the child there shone a sweetness so angelical, that it seemed to form a sort of glory round both. I protest I could have knelt before her too, and adored in her the Divine beneficence in endowing us with the maternal storge, which began with our race and sanctifies the history of mankind.
- 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants:
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