lovey-dovey

[luhv-ee-duhv-ee]

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adjective Informal.

amorously affectionate: a lovey-dovey couple.

Origin of lovey-dovey

1810–20; orig. affectionate term of address; see love, dove¹, -ey²

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Related Words for lovey-dovey

avid, zealous, impassioned, vehement, intense, keen, fierce, passionate, fervent, mushy, gooey, sloppy, cloying, sappy, maudlin, teary, sugary, sentimental, weepy, wet

Examples from the Web for lovey-dovey

Contemporary Examples of lovey-dovey

Now the lovey-dovey Obamas are driving couples everywhere insane.
How Bad Parenting Became Cool
Margaret Carlson
June 19, 2009
If she takes him back, all this could be forgotten as soon as their lovey-dovey hit duet drops.
Their Awful Night
Touré
February 9, 2009

Historical Examples of lovey-dovey

It would be much more useful than all this lovey-dovey stuff.
Changing Winds
St. John G. Ervine
I am so sick of this lovey-dovey business, that I would really enjoy a good beating.
Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905
Various
Only, when that hired man of yours shows his preference for one of you, the lovey-dovey business will crack!
Under the Law
Edwina Stanton Babcock

British Dictionary definitions for lovey-dovey

lovey-dovey

adjective

making an excessive or ostentatious display of affection

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