lovee

See also: lovée

English

Etymology

From love +‎ -ee.

Noun

lovee (plural lovees)

1. One who is loved; a recipient of love.
   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     What is a lovee without a confidant?

   • 1999, James R. Ozinga, Altruism, page 11:

     One might even describe a monitored feedback loop that permits one to sense when insufficient loving is returning from the lovee, causing a lessening of the lover's efforts.

   • 2009, Jonar Nader, How to Lose Friends and Infuriate Lovers, page 92:

     It's just that one is the lover, while the other is the lovee. Together, they make love. One has an obligation to nurture, and the other has a duty of care.