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love-sick
love·sick
/
ˈlʌvˌsɪk
/
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luhv
-sik
]
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adjective
1.
languishing with
love
:
a lovesick adolescent.
2.
expressive of such languishing:
a lovesick note.
Origin:
1520–30;
love
+
sick
1
Related forms
love·sick·ness,
noun
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lovesick
(ˈlʌvˌsɪk)
—
adj
pining or languishing because of love
'lovesickness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
lovesick
1520s, from
love
+
sick
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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