truelove
English
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 [[:Category:Requests for quotation/Geoffrey Chaucer|find and add]] a quotation of Geoffrey Chaucer to this entry?)[[Category:Requests for quotation/Geoffrey Chaucer|TRUELOVE]]:
- Under his tongue a truelove he bore.
- (Can we [[:Category:Requests for quotation/Geoffrey Chaucer|find and add]] a quotation of Geoffrey Chaucer to this entry?)[[Category:Requests for quotation/Geoffrey Chaucer|TRUELOVE]]:
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for truelove in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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One who is truly loved
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