单词 | loving knot |
释义 | loving knotn. rare after 17th cent. = love-knot n. Frequently figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > love-token or love-gift > ribbon worn as love-token > knot or bow of ribbon used as love-token true lovec1400 love-knotc1405 true-love knot1496 amoretc1500 lover's knot1565 true lover's knot1577 loving knota1596 a1596 G. Peele Loue King Dauid & Fair Bethsabe (1599) sig. C Now Ammon lose those louing knots of bloud, That sokte the courage from thy kingly heart. 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. C3v Heere seale the letter with a louing knot. 1659 N. Hardy Pilgrims Wish 3 The loving knot which nature tied between those two deare Friends is cut asunder. a1695 A. Wood Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxf. (1792) I. i. 619 That loving knot of communication was broken. 1879 E. Warne Dusky Rambles 39 Both were tied in loving knot—Youth they to each other gave—Nor would part e'er after got, Nor 'gainst life their fancy rave. 1977 Times 26 Jan. 28/4 (advt.) Our loving knot. Tighten it in Bournemouth. 1997 Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 26 Mar. j4 It was the beginning of a loving knot that would not come untied. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1596 |
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