dovelike

Her pavilion is not without suitability for one who has lived in contemplating the passions of others; the edifice is of the French type lovingly called une folie, erected by an amorous banker to house his mistresses, two sisters whose dovelike tenderness gave the property its name.

The name “columbine” comes from the Latin for “dovelike.”

And their dovelike innocence is charming a huge audience on YouTube.

“Seidel would have given us the makers of Auden’s tigerish blazer and dovelike shoe,” he writes, “but he was never impressed enough that Auden didn’t.”

He pointed out a large gray hawk of a plane that stood off to the side of the slighter, dovelike jets.