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View synonyms for lovemaking

lovemaking

[ luhv-mey-king ]

noun

  1. the act of courting or wooing.
  2. sexual activity.


lovemaking

/ ˈlʌvˌmeɪkɪŋ /

noun

  1. sexual play and activity between lovers, esp including sexual intercourse
  2. an archaic word for courtship
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lovemaking1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; love, making
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Example Sentences

Later she would boast crudely that he was ‘big where it mattered’, but there was also a streak of cruelty in his lovemaking.

Summer wedding in Maine, evokes Bobby Darin and gin and tonics on the porch, and late-night lovemaking on top of canvas sails.

If it does, all the arguments we have so far seen will look like lovemaking in comparison.

She felt the force of his desire but she missed that note of adoration which had seemed to characterize his first lovemaking.

After that there was no lovemaking but the most decorous conversation between these two.

Repentant, he tried to turn his late insults into honest lovemaking; but the temper of the lynx was roused.

The lovemaking, however, was cooler, more distant and more piquant than usual.

But if good is good, still better carries the day, and Mr. Smith thought marriage would be a great deal better than lovemaking.

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