lovescapen.

Brit.

/ˈlʌvskeɪp/, U.S.

/ˈləvˌskeɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: love n.¹, -scape comb. form, inscape n.

Etymology: < love n.¹ + -scape comb. form. In Hopkins's use (see quot. 1876) apparently modelled on inscape n., and thus perhaps showing a different etymology (see discussion at that entry).

A view, depiction, or evocation of love; (also) a context or setting for love.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > view or prospect of love

lovescape1876

1876 G. M. Hopkins Wreck of Deutschland xxiii, in Poems (1967) 59 With the gnarls of the nails in thee, niche of the lance, his Lovescape crucified.

1899 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 15 Apr. 5/2 A little love-scape painted by the master hand of Charles Dickens.

1969 Punch 19 Feb. 286/1 It is finely elegiac and the townscapes and lovescapes are vivid.

1989 Times (Nexis) 6 May It is a progress which entails a range of passions from infatuation to despair, bereavement to acceptance. In that respect it could be a view of any other lovescape; homosexuality here is the norm.

2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 Mar. 16 Every sentient adult groover will fall in love with Yo La Tengo's personal lovescapes, its evocations of hot romances turned cold.

2004 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 7 Nov. 1 In today's murky romantic lovescape, Zellweger admits that defining a romantic relationship isn't easy.

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

单词	lovescape
释义	lovescapen. Brit. /ˈlʌvskeɪp/, U.S. /ˈləvˌskeɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: love n.¹, -scape comb. form, inscape n. Etymology: < love n.¹ + -scape comb. form. In Hopkins's use (see quot. 1876) apparently modelled on inscape n., and thus perhaps showing a different etymology (see discussion at that entry). A view, depiction, or evocation of love; (also) a context or setting for love. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > view or prospect of love lovescape1876 1876 G. M. Hopkins Wreck of Deutschland xxiii, in Poems (1967) 59 With the gnarls of the nails in thee, niche of the lance, his Lovescape crucified. 1899 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 15 Apr. 5/2 A little love-scape painted by the master hand of Charles Dickens. 1969 Punch 19 Feb. 286/1 It is finely elegiac and the townscapes and lovescapes are vivid. 1989 Times (Nexis) 6 May It is a progress which entails a range of passions from infatuation to despair, bereavement to acceptance. In that respect it could be a view of any other lovescape; homosexuality here is the norm. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 Mar. 16 Every sentient adult groover will fall in love with Yo La Tengo's personal lovescapes, its evocations of hot romances turned cold. 2004 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 7 Nov. 1 In today's murky romantic lovescape, Zellweger admits that defining a romantic relationship isn't easy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1876
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