loverless

English

Etymology

From lover +‎ -less.

Adjective

loverless (not comparable)

1. Without a lover.
   • 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette:

     Loverless and inexpectant of love, I was as safe from spies in my heart-poverty, as the beggar from thieves in his destitution of purse.

   • 1902-1905, Bliss Carman, The Pipes of Pan

     Forlorn and loverless as the wild sea, / Long have I lain alone, longing for thee […]

Synonyms

• celibate
• single

Anagrams

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