LOVELY
ADJECTIVES
► AMOROUS lovable; lovely → LME obs.
► FABEL very good, excellent, lovely → 2002 UK sl.
► HENDY of a person: courteous, civil, gracious; lovely, agreeable; noble, valiant → a1250 obs.
► LOVESOME inspiring love on account of beauty; lovely, beautiful → c1175
► LOWLY-LOVELY unassumingly lovely → 1864 obs., poetic usage
► LUPTIOUS delicious, luscious, lovely → M19 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► HENDY a lovely or agreeable person → a1350 obs.
► LOVELING a dear or lovely creature; a darling; a term of endearment; also, a young lover → 1606
► LOVESOME a lovely or beautiful person → a1350 obs.
VERBS
► LOVELIFY to make lovely; to beautify → 1897