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lack-love

adj

Etymology

From lack + love.

  1. inherited from *lubōn✻ — “to love”
  2. inherited from lufian — “to love”
  3. inherited from loven
  4. derived from *lewbʰ-✻ — “love, care, desire”
  5. inherited from *lubō✻
  6. inherited from *lubu✻
  7. inherited from lufu
  8. inherited from love
  9. compounded as lack-love — “lack + love”

Definitions

  1. Uncaring

    Uncaring; indifferent to love; loveless.

    • And I in exile's lack-love loneliness / Must sigh for joy if yet I may not sing—
    • The effects upon the development of personality and behavior of a lack-love infancy appear to have still further repercussions.

  2. A heartless person

    A heartless person; someone who is uncaring and indifferent to love.

    • Pretty soul! she durst not lie / Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA