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lovey|ˈlʌvɪ| Also lovy, lovee, lovie. [f. love n.1 + -y.] A term of affectionate address: = ‘Dear love’, ‘darling’.
1731Fielding Lett. Writers i. v, You don't look pretty in it, lovey, indeed you don't. 1764Foote Mayor of G. i. Wks. 1799 I. 169, I go, lovy: good-day to my father-in-law. 1770― Lame Lover i. ibid. II. 67 Why, really, lovee, 'tis a large sum of money. 1801Macneill Poems (1844) 19 Sullen moods, and scolding frays, When lovie's absent for some days. 1884Punch 20 Dec. 294 And what would Dovey do if Lovey were to die? |