lovesick

English

Etymology

love +‎ sick

Adjective

lovesick (comparative more lovesick, superlative most lovesick)

1. Behaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of love.
   • 1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 86:

     And she looked to Mr. –––– / And leered like a love-sick pigeon.

   • 1997, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Love Sick”, in Time Out of Mind:

     I'm sick of love / I hear the clock tick / This kind of love / I'm lovesick

2. Having an aching desire for one's beloved.

Related terms

• limerence

Translations

behaving oddly due to love

• Finnish: rakastunut (fi) (in love); rakkaudesta sekaisin (adv.)
• French: énamouré (fr)

having an aching desire for one's beloved

• Chinese:

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• Dutch: vlinders in je buik
• Finnish: ikävöivä (fi)
• French: languissant (fr)
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• German: liebeskrank (de); but preferably use a construction with the noun Liebeskummer
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• Malay: angau
• Maori: wewehe
• Russian: томящийся от любви (tomjaščijsja ot ljubvi)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kara sevdalı (tr)