loverless

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adjective

Without a lover.

Similar
celibatesingle
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English lover →
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Meanings

adjectiveloverless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a lover.

    1902-1905, Bliss Carman, The Pipes of Pan Forlorn and loverless as the wild sea, / Long have I lain alone, longing for thee […]

    1 more example

    Loverless and inexpectant of love, I was as safe from spies in my heart-poverty, as the beggar from thieves in his destitution of purse.

    1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette

    Synonyms: celibate, single

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWithout a lover.

Similar
celibatesingle

Origin

  1. Englishlover
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishloverless

From lover + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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