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lovee

lovee noun: one who is loved; a recipient of love.

Noun

lovee (plural lovees)

  1. One who is loved; a recipient of love.
    • What is a lovee without a confidant?1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
    • One might even describe a monitored feedback loop that permits one to sense when insufficient loving is returning from the lovee, causing a lessening of the lover's efforts.1999, James R. Ozinga, Altruism, page 11

Forms of lovee

plurallovees

Origin of lovee

From love + -ee.

Questions about lovee

What does lovee mean?
Lovee means one who is loved; a recipient of love.
What part of speech is lovee?
Lovee is a noun.
What is the plural of lovee?
The plural of lovee is lovees.

Words near lovee in the dictionary

  1. lovedeth
  2. lovedom
  3. lovedrug
  4. lovedrugs
  5. lovedst
  6. lovee
  7. lovees
  8. lovefest
  9. lovefests
  10. loveful
  11. lovefully

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