love jones
love jones noun: an intense, addiction-like craving or desire for love, especially romantic love.
Noun (1)
love jones (plural love joneses)
- An intense, addiction-like craving or desire for love, especially romantic love.
- I got a love jones for your body and your skin tone
Five minutes alone, I'm already on the bone1995, Method Man feat. Mary J. Blige, “I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By”, in Tical - The addict in love wants their pusher near to avoid love joneses (i.e. withdraws.) Love joneses have in some cases led to suicide and even murder.2016, Howard West, AGAPE: A Book of Love, page 23
- I got a love jones for your body and your skin tone
Noun (2) capitalized: Love Jones
Love Jones
- Alternative letter-case form of love jones
Noun (3) capitalized: love Jones
love Jones
- Alternative letter-case form of love jones
Forms of love jones
| plural | love joneses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | love Jones |
| alternative form | Love Jones |
Origin of love jones
From love + jones (“an addiction”).
Questions about love jones
- What does love jones mean?
- Love jones means an intense, addiction-like craving or desire for love, especially romantic love.
- What part of speech is love jones?
- Love jones is a noun.
- What is the plural of love jones?
- The plural of love jones is love joneses.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: love jones (page history and authors); Love Jones (page history and authors); love Jones (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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