LOVESICK, LOVESICKNESS, LOVE-STRUCK
ADJECTIVES
► FANCY-SICK subject to disordered fancy; lovesick → 1590
► MASHED infatuated; smitten; love-struck; amorous; usually constructed with ‘on’ → 1880 sl.
NOUNS
► MELANCHOLY love-sickness → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TABANKA ► TABANKCA love-sickness; sexual obsession → 20C W. Indies sl.
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