puppy-lovey

adjective

Exhibiting or characteristic of puppy love.

Meanings

adjectivepuppy-lovey (comparative more puppy-lovey, superlative most puppy-lovey)

comparative more puppy-lovey · superlative most puppy-lovey

  1. informalExhibiting or characteristic of puppy love.

    Livia seemed terribly proud of her boyfriend. They were in puppy-lovey bliss.

    2013, Bill Cotter, The Parallel Apartments, unnumbered page
    2 more examples

    Angie and I exchanged a glance. We were merely reiterating past thoughts along the lines of “How the hell does Dudley get all puppy-lovey for Carmela?”

    2004, Brian M. Wiprud, Pipsqueak, page 84

    OK, I've actually only tried to ever read one. It was so sweet and puppy-lovey that I was like, "Aww, I wanted to read some sauciness!"

    2018, Anna Kendrick, quoted in Chris Azzopardi, "Anna Kendrick, Fresh with a Twist", Hotspots!, 6 September 2018, page 39

Origin

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