lovesickadj.

Brit.

/ˈlʌvsɪk/, U.S.

/ˈləvˌsɪk/

Forms: see love n.¹ and sick adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: love n.¹, sick adj.

Etymology: < love n.¹ + sick adj.

1. Overwhelmed by (esp. unrequited or unfulfilled) love; languishing for or with love. Also figurative and in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > languishing for or with love

sickOE

lovesicka1450

languishing1568

fancy-sick1600

lovelorn1637

a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Oxf.) 9116 Love-syke She was..Grete greef She felt all a-boute.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 317/2 Lovesycke enamowered, enamourée.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 81 When..he did discourse To loue sicke Didoes sad attending eare.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 201 Purple the Sailes: and so perfumed that The Windes were Loue-sicke .

1741 L. Theobald Happy Captive i. vi. 8 Sounds to chear a lovesick Heart!

1785 S. J. Pratt Misc. II. 133 Lovesick and blind at last they yield their breath.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 177 Doctors' Commons being..the place where they grant marriage-licences to love-sick couples.

1894 M. Oliphant Hist. Sketch Queen Anne i. 14 Her great general sighed like a lovesick boy whenever he was absent from her.

1961 R. Gover One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding 115 One minute she's got this knife and is chasing me around, trying to castrate me, and the next she's coo-ing like a love-sick pigeon.

1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. ix. 52/5 His impersonation of the shy, lovesick farm-hand is all of a piece.

2. Resulting from or displaying evidence of lovesickness.

ΚΠ

1596 P. Colse Penelopes Complaint sig. C2 Else wil I rest your secret friend, Those louesicke motions to amend.

1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? iv. 228 Yet since this Loving Murderer must needs enjoy her, she will incline to his motion, and with a Lovesick potion inshrine their livelesse bodies, without further enjoyment.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 43 Where Nightingales their Love-sick Ditty sing.

1739 A. Nicol Nature without Art 67 Cure me of this love-sick fever.

1840 C. Brontë Let. 10 Dec. (1995) I. 233 Go on writing sentimental and love-sick letters to..Henry.

1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 42 'E'll sigh and spruik, an' 'owl a love-sick vow.

1994 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 18 Sept. 6 Brendan, aged 12, left a lovesick note and took his father's company car to drive 400 miles..to see her.

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

单词	lovesick
释义	lovesickadj. Brit. /ˈlʌvsɪk/, U.S. /ˈləvˌsɪk/ Forms: see love n.¹ and sick adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: love n.¹, sick adj. Etymology: < love n.¹ + sick adj. 1. Overwhelmed by (esp. unrequited or unfulfilled) love; languishing for or with love. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > languishing for or with love sickOE lovesicka1450 languishing1568 fancy-sick1600 lovelorn1637 a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Oxf.) 9116 Love-syke She was..Grete greef She felt all a-boute. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 317/2 Lovesycke enamowered, enamourée. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 81 When..he did discourse To loue sicke Didoes sad attending eare. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 201 Purple the Sailes: and so perfumed that The Windes were Loue-sicke . View more context for this quotation 1741 L. Theobald Happy Captive i. vi. 8 Sounds to chear a lovesick Heart! 1785 S. J. Pratt Misc. II. 133 Lovesick and blind at last they yield their breath. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 177 Doctors' Commons being..the place where they grant marriage-licences to love-sick couples. 1894 M. Oliphant Hist. Sketch Queen Anne i. 14 Her great general sighed like a lovesick boy whenever he was absent from her. 1961 R. Gover One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding 115 One minute she's got this knife and is chasing me around, trying to castrate me, and the next she's coo-ing like a love-sick pigeon. 1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. ix. 52/5 His impersonation of the shy, lovesick farm-hand is all of a piece. 2. Resulting from or displaying evidence of lovesickness. ΚΠ 1596 P. Colse Penelopes Complaint sig. C2 Else wil I rest your secret friend, Those louesicke motions to amend. 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? iv. 228 Yet since this Loving Murderer must needs enjoy her, she will incline to his motion, and with a Lovesick potion inshrine their livelesse bodies, without further enjoyment. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 43 Where Nightingales their Love-sick Ditty sing. 1739 A. Nicol Nature without Art 67 Cure me of this love-sick fever. 1840 C. Brontë Let. 10 Dec. (1995) I. 233 Go on writing sentimental and love-sick letters to..Henry. 1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 42 'E'll sigh and spruik, an' 'owl a love-sick vow. 1994 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 18 Sept. 6 Brendan, aged 12, left a lovesick note and took his father's company car to drive 400 miles..to see her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1450
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