lovelornadj.
/ˈlʌvlɔːn/, U.S. /ˈləvˌlɔrn/ Unhappy as a result of unrequited love or the loss of a lover; pining from love.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > languishing for or with love
sickOE
lovesicka1450
languishing1568
fancy-sick1600
lovelorn1637
1637 J. Milton Comus 9 Where the love-lorne Nightingale Nightly to thee her sad Song mourneth well.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila 62 Love-lorn, Thee still I woo!
1772 W. Jones Poems 6 O'er Azib's banks while love-lorn damsels rove.
1796 S. T. Coleridge To Nightingale 1 Sister of love-lorn poets, Philomel!
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake vi. 244 The love-lorn wretch starts from tormenting dream.
1867 W. James Let. 12 June (1920) I. 93 Their mute-appealing, love-lorn look goes through and through me.
1902 Longman's Mag. Aug. 334 Some love-lorn thrush serenaded his mate.
1948 S. J. Perelman Westward Ha! viii. 102 A beautiful lovelorn maharanee is reported to have cast herself from it several years ago.
1996 Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 20/6 Several Web sites have set up Valentine's Day pages to put love-lorn netizens in touch.
Derivatives
ˈlovelornness n. the state or condition of being lovelorn.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > longing felt by those in love > lovesick condition
lovesickness1592
lovelornness1863
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xv. 160 It was the story of that fair Gostanza who in her love-lornness desired to live no longer.
1926 Lancaster (Ohio) Daily Eagle 2 Apr. 3/4 In the good old days lovelornness was an open secret that even its fair victim was at no pains to hide.
1998 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Jan. ii. 12 [He] worked himself into a lather of lovelornness in the grandiose ballad, Throw The Roses Away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1637