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puppy-lovey

puppy-lovey adjective: exhibiting or characteristic of puppy love.

Adjective

puppy-lovey (comparative more puppy-lovey, superlative most puppy-lovey)

  1. (informal) Exhibiting or characteristic of puppy love.
    • Angie and I exchanged a glance. We were merely reiterating past thoughts along the lines of “How the hell does Dudley get all puppy-lovey for Carmela?”2004, Brian M. Wiprud, Pipsqueak, page 84
    • Livia seemed terribly proud of her boyfriend. They were in puppy-lovey bliss.2013, Bill Cotter, The Parallel Apartments, unnumbered page

Forms of puppy-lovey

comparativemore puppy-lovey
superlativemost puppy-lovey

Origin of puppy-lovey

From puppy love + -y.

Questions about puppy-lovey

What does puppy-lovey mean?
Puppy-lovey means exhibiting or characteristic of puppy love.
What part of speech is puppy-lovey?
Puppy-lovey is an adjective.

Words near puppy-lovey in the dictionary

  1. puppy pregnancy syndrome
  2. puppy water
  3. puppy-dog
  4. puppy-dog eyes
  5. puppy-dogs
  6. puppy-lovey
  7. puppy-play
  8. puppyboy
  9. puppyboys
  10. puppychino
  11. puppychinos

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