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Webster 1913 Edition
Lovee
Lov-ee′
,Noun.
One who is loved.
[Humorous]
“The lover and lovee.” Richardson.
Definition 2024
lovee
lovee
See also: lovée
English
Noun
lovee (plural lovees)
- One who is loved; a recipient of love.
- 1999, James R. Ozinga, Altruism (page 11)
- One might even describe a monitored feedback loop that permits one to sense when insufficient loving is returning from the lovee, causing a lessening of the lover's efforts.
- 2009, Jonar Nader, How to Lose Friends and Infuriate Lovers (page 92)
- It's just that one is the lover, while the other is the lovee. Together, they make love. One has an obligation to nurture, and the other has a duty of care.
- 1999, James R. Ozinga, Altruism (page 11)