loveful

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loveful

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From Middle English luveful; equivalent to love + -ful.

adjective more loveful · most loveful

poetic Full of love; loving. For now she was so close to him and knelt, / And rose, him gracing with a loveful smile, / Pure and serene, more with her eyes than lips.
nonstandard, poetic Evoking a feeling of love; lovely. White and beautiful, gentle and loveful though she be, softly though she down the eyrie, and neatly though she arrange it for his reception, she is still but a dove;
poetic Seeking or desiring love. So, all desire, when day hath fled, / And Twilight's wings the sky o'erspread, / Forth posts yon swain in loveful quest / To clasp his mistress to his breast.

Opposite: hateful

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@misc{loveful_2026,
  title = {loveful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/loveful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}