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lovering

lovering noun: courtship; wooing.

Noun

lovering (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) Courtship; wooing.
    • Does thee approve their lovering, friend Annie?1897, John Arthur Fraser, Our Starry Banner, page 7
    • In her own quaint way she enjoyed their "lovering," as she called it, almost as much as they did themselves.1908, John Oxenham, Pearl of Pearl Island

Proper noun capitalized: Lovering

Lovering (plural Loverings)

  1. A surname.

Forms of lovering

pluralLoverings

Questions about lovering

What does lovering mean?
Lovering means courtship; wooing.
What part of speech is lovering?
Lovering can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near lovering in the dictionary

  1. lovergirl
  2. lovergirls
  3. loverhood
  4. Loveridge
  5. Loveridges
  6. lovering
  7. loveringite
  8. Loverings
  9. loverless
  10. loverlike
  11. loverliness

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