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love⋅sick

[luhv-sik]
–adjective
1. languishing with love: a lovesick adolescent.
2. expressive of such languishing: a lovesick note.

Origin:
1520–30; love + sick 1


lovesickness, noun
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love·sick   (lŭv'sĭk')   
adj.  
  1. So deeply affected by love as to be unable to act normally.

  2. Exhibiting a lover's yearning.

love'sick'ness n.
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