truelove
See also true love
English
Etymology
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 find and add a quotation of Geoffrey Chaucer to this entry?):
- Under his tongue a truelove he bore.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Geoffrey Chaucer to this entry?):
Derived terms
- truelove knot
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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