loverless

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English

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Etymology

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From lover +‎ -less.

Adjective

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loverless (not comparable)

  1. Without a lover.
    • 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette:
      Loverless and inexpectant of love, I was as safe from spies in my heart-poverty, as the beggar from thieves in his destitution of purse.
    • 1902-1905, Bliss Carman, The Pipes of Pan
      Forlorn and loverless as the wild sea, / Long have I lain alone, longing for thee []

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