lovey-dovey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.33 in modern English

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adj

Informal

"And then when she'd put me right off, and I didn't want her, she'd come all lovey-dovey, and get me. And I always went."
"This ain't no fooling around / No time for dancing, or lovey dovey / I ain't got time for that now"

Etymology tree English love Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *dūbaną? Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ Proto-West Germanic *dūbā Old English *dūfe Middle English douve English dove English -y English lovey-dovey From love + -y + dove + -y.

more lovey-dovey (comparative) most lovey-dovey (superlative)

lovey-doveyness bill and coo

lovey-doveyness bill and coo

kissy-kissy

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