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Lovejoy

/ˈlʌvd͡ʒɔɪ/

Lovejoy proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Lovejoy (plural Lovejoys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Lovejoy

pluralLovejoys

Origin of Lovejoy

From Old English lufu (“love”) + Old French ioie (“joy”).

Questions about Lovejoy

What does Lovejoy mean?
Lovejoy means a surname.
What part of speech is Lovejoy?
Lovejoy is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Lovejoy?
Lovejoy is pronounced /ˈlʌvd͡ʒɔɪ/.

Words near Lovejoy in the dictionary

  1. lovehandle
  2. lovehandles
  3. lovehole
  4. loveholes
  5. LOVEINT
  6. Lovejoy
  7. Lovejoys
  8. lovekin
  9. lovekins
  10. Lovel
  11. Lovelace

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lovejoy (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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