loveday

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/ˈlʌvdeɪ/

noun

A day appointed for a meeting intended to amicably resolve a dispute; also the meeting held on such a day.

UncommonFirst used 14th c.Scrabble 14

Meanings

loveday1

nounloveday (plural lovedays)

plural lovedays

  1. 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, 1272-1330
    1 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
  2. poeticA day devoted to love.

Loveday2

proper nounLoveday (plural Lovedays)

plural Lovedays

Origin

  1. Middle Englishloveday
  2. Englishloveday

Inherited from Middle English loveday; equivalent to love + day.

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APA

loveday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loveday

MLA

“loveday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loveday. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loveday,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loveday.

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