love-sick

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LOVE-SICK, adjective 1. Sick or languishing with love or amorous desire; as a love-sick maid. To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind. 2. Dictated by a languishing lover, or expressive of languishing love. Where nightingales their love-sick ditty sing.
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