The Collaborative International Dictionary
Love-sick
Love-sick \Love"-sick`\, a.
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Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid.
To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind.
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Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.
Where nightingales their love-sick ditty sing.
--Dryden.
Usage examples of "love-sick".
O verily, Yolande, meseemeth we do sigh and for ever sigh, thou and I, like two poor, love-sick maids.
And though they are not so polished and elegant as 'Ardelia ease a Love-sick Swain,' and 'When Sol bedecks the Daisied Mead,' and other lyrical effusions of mine which obtained me so much reputation in after life, I still think them pretty good for a humble lad of fifteen:— The Rose Of Flora.