ladyloves

Objects of affection

Ladyloves is the plural of ladylove, a literary or old-fashioned term for a woman who is the object of romantic affection—a sweetheart or mistress.

The word carries a courtly, somewhat archaic tone: He wrote poems to his various ladyloves over the years.

romantic

sweetheart

Affectionate name for beloved

mistress · inamorata · flame · amour · steady · beau · suitor · admirer · courtship · devotion

archaic

paramour

Lover in secret affair

dalliance · liaison · clandestine · forbidden · secret · affair · intrigue · Victorian · Edwardian · gallant

literary

muse

Think deeply about

  • sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
  • poetryMetrical literary composition
  • verseMetered poetic passage

ballad · ode · troubadour · chivalry · courtly · Petrarch · Laura · Beatrice · idealized · pining

Opposites
romantic relationship status

ladylovesstrangers

People unknown to you

exes · ex-girlfriends · enemies · nobody special · one-night stands

emotional valence toward the person

ladylovesenemies

Hostile opposing parties

nemeses · arch-enemies · sworn enemies · rivals · foes

Family

ladylove

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