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/luv"ee duv"ee/, adj. Informal.amorously affectionate: a lovey-dovey couple.[1810-20; orig. affectionate term of address; see LOVE, DOVE1, -EY2]
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lovey-dovey — adjective informal behaviour that is lovey dovey is too romantic; sentimental: Josh went all lovey dovey when I said I was pregnant … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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lovey-dovey — adjective Date: 1886 expressing much love or sentimentality; also mushy • lovey doveyness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
lovey-dovey — adjective affectionate in a rather mushy or over sentimental fashion … Wiktionary
Lovey-dovey — openly affectionate … Dictionary of Australian slang
lovey-dovey — Australian Slang openly affectionate … English dialects glossary
