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lovesick

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Etymology

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From love +‎ sick.

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Adjective

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lovesick (comparative more lovesick, superlative most lovesick)

  1. Behaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of love.
    • 1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 86:
      And she looked to Mr. –––– / And leered like a love-sick pigeon.
    • 1997, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Love Sick”, in Time Out of Mind:
      I'm sick of love / I hear the clock tick / This kind of love / I'm lovesick
  2. Having an aching desire for one's beloved.

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