lovering

See also: Lovering

English

Noun

lovering (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) Courtship; wooing.
    • 1897, John Arthur Fraser, Our Starry Banner, page 7:
      Does thee approve their lovering, friend Annie?
    • 1908, John Oxenham, Pearl of Pearl Island:
      In her own quaint way she enjoyed their "lovering," as she called it, almost as much as they did themselves.
    • 1919, John Galsworthy, Saint's Progress:
      Their lovering had advanced by glance and touch alone

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