schwarmn.
An enthusiasm, a ‘craze’; spec., an erotic attachment, as of one woman or adolescent girl for another; a ‘crush’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > enthusiasm (for something) > extravagant enthusiasm or crush
mania1776
Schwärmerei1845
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1926 F. M. Ford Man could stand Up i. iii. 58 Your schwaerm for my father's memory and all.
1931 E. F. Benson Mapp & Lucia vi. 151 Irene..had developed a violent schwärm for Lucia.
a1956 F. Lawrence Mem. & Corr. (1961) 121 The adoration, the Schwarm, for somebody or other exclusively.
1968 N. Marsh Clutch of Constables iv. 87 The wretched woman..had developed a schwarm for Troy herself.
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