Meanings
loveday1
plural lovedays
- historicalA day appointed for a meeting intended to amicably resolve a dispute; also the meeting held on such a day.First known use 14th c.
In our period, all the people of England made lovedays, from the richest to the poorest.
1994, John Clarence Bedell, Dispute Settlement and the Control of Violence in England, 1272-13301 more example
legal records cannot provide consistent evidence about lovedays because they were, strictly speaking, outside their terms of reference[…].
1983, John Bossy, Disputes and Settlements: Law and Human Relations in the West, page 60 - poeticA day devoted to love.
Loveday2
Origin
- Middle Englishloveday
- Englishloveday
Inherited from Middle English loveday; equivalent to love + day.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
loveday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loveday
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