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love-struck, a. Brit. |ˈlʌvstrʌk|, U.S. |ˈləvˌstrək| [‹ love n.1 + struck, past participle of strike v.] Of a person: overwhelmed by feelings of love and affection for someone.
a1652R. Brome Damoiselle (1653) iii. i. sig. D, Yonder he is, Profoundly Love-struck too, J make no doubt. 1699Woman's Malice 9 She Love-struck at first View could not withhold her Eyes, from the beloved Rodalus. 1770Adventures of Actor xviii. 251 The famous Fortune-Teller could only do the ladies business, and aid the love-struck swain in his addresses to the cruel fair-one. 1841Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 6 Apr. 1/6 A select number of love-struck and music-struck young gentlemen..took it into their heads..to serenade..an old house in Charles street, in which they believed a young lady to be. 1891Times 1 Apr. 4/5 The girl, having an eye to the main chance, asks the love-struck Pierrot how much money he has got. 1936Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 20 Oct. 4/5 The next night, lovestruck Phil signed to appear in the show at one-third of his usual salary. He presented himself to Miss Cartwright and wooed her persistently. 1978L. W. Levine Black Culture & Black Consciousness iv. 276 Even in his most love-struck and submissive mood, Blind Lemon Jefferson made it clear that he knew what he was doing. 2001K. Walker & M. Schone Son of Grifter iii. 31, I guess my dad needs to exercise a little spin control on his memory, since in the eyes of any objective observer he'd behaved like a lovestruck puppet. |