lovesickness

English

Etymology

From lovesick +‎ -ness.

Noun

lovesickness (countable and uncountable, plural lovesicknesses)

1. The property or quality of being lovesick.
   • 2007 July 19, Janet Maslin, “When Life Imitates Opera, Be Careful Whom You Love”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     On Page 28 she talks about the lovesickness of the opera’s heroine, Du Liniang, and asks, “Do you think that could happen in real life?”

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相思病 (zh) (xiāngsībìng)

• Dutch: liefdespijn c
• French: chagrin d’amour (fr) m
• German: Liebeskummer (de) m
• Tagalog: amoritis
• Telugu: విరహాగ్ని (te) (virahāgni)