lovey
(ˈlʌvɪ)
Also lovy, lovee, lovie.
[f. love n.1 + -y.]
A term of affectionate address: = ‘Dear love’, ‘darling’.
| 1731 Fielding Lett. Writers i. v, You don't look pretty in it, lovey, indeed you don't. 1764 Foote Mayor of G. i. Wks. 1799 I. 169, I go, lovy: good-day to my father-in-law. 1770 ― Lame Lover i. ibid. II. 67 Why, really, lovee, 'tis a large sum of money. 1801 Macneill Poems (1844) 19 Sullen moods, and scolding frays, When lovie's absent for some days. 1884 Punch 20 Dec. 294 And what would Dovey do if Lovey were to die? |