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love-shy

adj

Etymology

From love + shy. Attributed to late sociologist Brian G. Gilmartin.

  1. inherited from *skeuhaz✻
  2. inherited from *skeuh✻
  3. inherited from sċēoh
  4. inherited from shy
  5. compounded as love-shy — “love + shy”

Definitions

  1. Ineffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourse.

  2. A person, especially a man, who is ineffectual at courtship.

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