Love-making
(Love"-mak`ing) n. Courtship. Bacon.
Lovemonger
(Love"mon`ger) n. One who deals in affairs of love.[Obs.] Shak.
Lover
(Lov"er) n.
1. One who loves; one who is in love; — usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.
Gower.
Love is blind, and lovers can not see
The pretty follies that themselves commit.
Shak. 2. A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as,
a lover of his country.
I slew my best lover for the good of Rome.
Shak. 3. One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music. "A lover of knowledge." T.
Burnet.
Lover
(Lo"ver Lo"ver*y) n. See Louver. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Loverwise
(Lo"ver*wise`) adv. As lovers do.
As they sat down here loverwise.
W. D. Howells. Love-sick
(Love"-sick`) a.
1. Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid.
To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind.
Dryden. 2. Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.
Where nightingales their love-sick ditty sing.
Dryden. Love-sickness
(Love"-sick`ness), n. The state of being love-sick.
Lovesome
(Love"some) a. [AS. lufsum.] Lovely. [Obs.]
Loving
(Lov"ing) a.
1. Affectionate.
The fairest and most loving wife in Greece.
Tennyson. 2. Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.
Loving-kindness
(Lov"ing-kind"ness) n. Tender regard; mercy; favor. Ps. lxxxix. 33.
Lovingly
(Lov"ing*ly), adv. With love; affectionately.
Lovingness
(Lov"ing*ness), n. Affection; kind regard.
The only two bands of good will, loveliness and lovingness.
Sir. P. Sidney. Lovyer
(Lov"yer) n. A lover. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Low
(Low) obs. strong imp. of Laugh. Chaucer.
