lovesicknessn.
/ˈlʌvˌsɪknᵻs/, U.S. /ˈləvˌsɪknᵻs/ The state or condition of being lovesick.
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the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > longing felt by those in love > lovesick condition
lovesickness1592
lovelornness1863
1592 T. Lodge Euphues Shadow sig. H3v Complayne not of this loue sicknes, least in stead of bedding you, we bury you.
1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying iii. 481 Words of silk, and oyle dropped from the clouds, cannot command the love-sicknesse of a sad soule.
1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 10 He, by mentioning the Name of Pylas to a sick Woman, found some alteration in her Pulse, by which he discover'd her Love-Sickness.
1788 J. Barry Coal-Heaver's Cousin rescued from Bats 97 No sooner was I stretched in my bed, but swooning and fainting fits of love-sickness seized me.
1847 Amer. Whig Rev. Aug. 190/1 Our hero's lovesickness got him the character of a very Solomon.
1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. lxxxiv. 2 He had a holy lovesickness upon him.
1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home ii. 9 It would have killed my poor old mother to see my hopeless love-sickness.
1962 C. Ekwensi Burning Grass iii. 18 He's gone to see what the medicine-man will do about my love-sickness.
2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Aug. 29/3 The stress on therapeutic satisfaction as a cure for lovesickness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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