ladylove

English

Alternative forms

• lady love

Etymology

From lady +‎ love.

Noun

ladylove (plural ladyloves)

1. (poetic) A woman who is loved by someone; a female object of desire.

   The knight went on a quest to prove his quality to his ladylove.

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     the picture of halcyon days where a young gentleman in the costume they used to wear then with a threecornered hat was offering a bunch of flowers to his ladylove with oldtime chivalry through her lattice window

Translations

woman who is loved by someone

• Bulgarian: любима (bg) f (ljubima)
• Finnish: rakastettu (fi)
• German: Feinsliebchen (de) n, Geliebte (de) f, Liebling (de) m, Liebste f
• Russian: возлю́бленная (ru) f (vozljúblennaja), да́ма се́рдца (ru) f (dáma sérdca) (stilted or ironic)

Anagrams

• Lovelady