lovee

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See also: lovée

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

love +‎ -ee

Noun[edit]

lovee (plural lovees)

  1. One who is loved; a recipient of love.
    • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
      What is a lovee without a confidant?
    • 1999, James R. Ozinga, Altruism, page 11:
      One might even describe a monitored feedback loop that permits one to sense when insufficient loving is returning from the lovee, causing a lessening of the lover's efforts.
    • 2009, Jonar Nader, How to Lose Friends and Infuriate Lovers, page 92:
      It's just that one is the lover, while the other is the lovee. Together, they make love. One has an obligation to nurture, and the other has a duty of care.
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