lovey

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lovey

  • /ˈlʌvi/

Sounds like luvvy, lovie, luvvie · Rhymes with -ʌvi

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From love + -y.

noun loveys

  1. UK An informal mode of address (associated most often with actors and the like). “Now, my lovey, eat it up like a good girl,” said nurse, setting her lips in a way that Bertha knew, and that meant she had come into the nursery at another wrong moment.
  2. A baby's toy, blanket, or other object of affection. Young children need to have certain love objects or “loveys” such as teddy bears around all the time.

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@misc{lovey_2026,
  title = {lovey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lovey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}