LOVE-SICK


Meaning of LOVE-SICK in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective

1. : languishing with love : yearning

strong men behaved like love-sick boys before her beauty

2. : expressing a lover's longing

while the nightingales their love-sick ditty sing — John Dryden

• love·sick·ness noun

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.