limerence
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limerence
- /ˈlɪməɹəns/ UK
Where it comes from
From limer- (“a coined, arbitrary first element”) + -ence. Coined by American psychologist Dorothy Tennov in 1977 as an arbitrary euphonious replacement or alteration of the word amorance.
noun limerences · limerance
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An involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated.
I first used the term ‘amorance’ then changed it back to ‘limerence’ […]. It has no roots whatsoever. It looks nice. It works well in French. Take it from me it has no etymology whatsoever.
Opposite: nonlimerence
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noun state of mind
| Español | limerencia, infatuación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 리머런스 rimeoreonseu |
| 中文 | 一往情深 yīwǎngqíngshēn, 情深意切 qíngshēnyìqiè, 情真意切 qíngzhēnyìqiè, 深情厚意 shēnqínghòuyì, 情深似海 qíngshēnsìhǎi, 情真愛深 /情真爱深 qíngzhēn'àishēn |
| Português | limerence, enfatuação |
| Français | limérence, limerence, limérance |
| Deutsch | Verliebtheit, Limerenz |
| Italiano | limerence, ultrattaccamento |
| Русский | влюблённость vljubljónnostʹ |
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