loveaholic

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English

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Etymology

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From love +‎ -aholic.

Noun

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loveaholic (plural loveaholics)

  1. (informal) One who has an excessive need to be in a romantic relationship.
    • 2000, Leah Furman, Elina Furman, Happily Ever After: The Drew Barrymore Story, →ISBN, page 145:
      An unrepentant Drew admitted as much when she stated that she was "a loveaholic now and of all the holics you can be, that's preferable."
    • 2006, Hope Newman, Malibu Murders, →ISBN:
      Like most women, I'm not a crazed loveaholic.
    • 2015, Marie Chapian, How to Be Happy in an Unhappy World, →ISBN:
      The loveaholic is a taker, even though they think they are a giver.
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