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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Love-sick \Love"-sick'\, adjective
1. Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid.
To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind. --Dryden.
2. Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.
Where nightingales their love-sick ditty sing. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lovesick
adjective: languishing because of love; "strong men behaving like lovesick boys"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "lovesick": adoring, affectionate, conjugal, demonstrative, devoted, faithful, filial, fond, husbandly, languishing, lovelorn, lovesome, loving, maternal, melting, parental, paternal, romantic, sentimental, soft, tender, uxorious, wifely
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