love potion
love potion noun: a drink supposed to have the magic power to make the drinker fall in love with a specified person.
Noun
love potion (plural love potions)
- A drink supposed to have the magic power to make the drinker fall in love with a specified person.
- One love potion was composed of the powdered navel string of a new-born baby boy.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 82
- I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine.1959, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, “Love Potion No. 9”, performed by The Clovers
- Synonyms:
- love powder, love philtre, philtre, philter
Synonyms of love potion
Forms of love potion
| plural | love potions |
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Questions about love potion
- What does love potion mean?
- Love potion means a drink supposed to have the magic power to make the drinker fall in love with a specified person.
- What part of speech is love potion?
- Love potion is a noun.
- What is the plural of love potion?
- The plural of love potion is love potions.
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