love knot
love knot noun: a knot or bow, as of ribbon.
Noun
love knot (plural love knots)
- A knot or bow, as of ribbon.
- They kept up the Christmas carol, sent true love-knots on Valentine morning, eat pancakes on Shrove-tide, shewed their wit on the first of April, and religiously cracked nuts on Michaelmas eve.1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 4, in The Vicar of Wakefield
- He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there / But the landlord's black-eyed daughter, / Bess, the landlord's daughter, / Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1, stanza III, page 46
Forms of love knot
| plural | love knots |
|---|---|
| alternative form | love-knot |
Origin of love knot
So called from being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual affection.
Questions about love knot
- What does love knot mean?
- Love knot means a knot or bow, as of ribbon.
- What part of speech is love knot?
- Love knot is a noun.
- What is the plural of love knot?
- The plural of love knot is love knots.
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