lovelifyv.

Brit.

/ˈlʌvlᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈləvləˌfaɪ/

Forms: 1800s– lovelify, 1900s– lovelyfy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lovely adj., -fy suffix.

Etymology: < lovely adj. + -fy suffix. Compare earlier lovelifying adj.

Now rare.

transitive. To make lovely; to beautify.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)]

fairOE

highta1200

embellishc1385

beautifyc1425

decore1490

beauty1495

embeauty1523

decorate1530

fashion1557

busk1573

gracify?1578

embrave1579

handsome1592

pulchrify1797

orchidize1872

lovelify1935

bellify-

bellish-

1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 13 Mar. 266/2 Life, death, love and mankind are no longer themselves: they are glorified, sublimified, lovelified.

1916 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 8 June 12/1 (advt.) Lovelify the inside of your home with Mellotone. A flat washable wall paint.

1935 Punch 17 July 65/1 I have heard of a ‘Hairdresser and Beautician’ who offers to ‘lovelyfy’ the ladies of Manchester.

1947 S. Sassoon On Some Portraits by Sargent in Coll. Poems (1984) 152 Portraits..Of ladies lovelified to ball-room pitch.

1964 Great Bend (Kansas) Daily Tribune 27 Nov. 5/5 By your forehandedness, you have banked many hours—enough to devote some of them to lovelifying yourself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lovelify
释义	lovelifyv. Brit. /ˈlʌvlᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈləvləˌfaɪ/ Forms: 1800s– lovelify, 1900s– lovelyfy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lovely adj., -fy suffix. Etymology: < lovely adj. + -fy suffix. Compare earlier lovelifying adj. Now rare. transitive. To make lovely; to beautify. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] fairOE highta1200 embellishc1385 beautifyc1425 decore1490 beauty1495 embeauty1523 decorate1530 fashion1557 busk1573 gracify?1578 embrave1579 handsome1592 pulchrify1797 orchidize1872 lovelify1935 bellify- bellish- 1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 13 Mar. 266/2 Life, death, love and mankind are no longer themselves: they are glorified, sublimified, lovelified. 1916 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 8 June 12/1 (advt.) Lovelify the inside of your home with Mellotone. A flat washable wall paint. 1935 Punch 17 July 65/1 I have heard of a ‘Hairdresser and Beautician’ who offers to ‘lovelyfy’ the ladies of Manchester. 1947 S. Sassoon On Some Portraits by Sargent in Coll. Poems (1984) 152 Portraits..Of ladies lovelified to ball-room pitch. 1964 Great Bend (Kansas) Daily Tribune 27 Nov. 5/5 By your forehandedness, you have banked many hours—enough to devote some of them to lovelifying yourself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1897
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