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Webster 1913 Edition
Truelove
True′loveˊ
,Noun.
1.
One really beloved.
3.
An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.
T. R. Lounsbury.
Under his tongue a
truelove
he bore. Chaucer.
Truelove knot
, a complicated, involved knot that does not readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or engagement; – called also
true-lover’s knot
.Webster 1828 Edition
Truelove
TRUELOVE
,Noun.
1.
A plant, the herb Paris.Definition 2024
truelove
truelove
See also: true love
English
Noun
truelove (plural trueloves)
- One who is truly beloved; a true love.
- (botany) A plant, Paris quadrifolia.
- (obsolete, nonce word) An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, possibly an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.
- (Can we [[:Category:Requests for quotation/Geoffrey Chaucer|find and add]] a quotation of Geoffrey Chaucer to this entry?)[[Category:Requests for quotation/Geoffrey Chaucer|TRUELOVE]]:
- Under his tongue a truelove he bore.
- (Can we [[:Category:Requests for quotation/Geoffrey Chaucer|find and add]] a quotation of Geoffrey Chaucer to this entry?)[[Category:Requests for quotation/Geoffrey Chaucer|TRUELOVE]]:
Derived terms
- truelove knot