Meanings
adjectivereciproque (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoletereciprocal
Neither doth this weakness appear to others only, and not to the party loved; but to the loved most of all, except the love be reciproque.
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Love”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
Origin
- Frenchréciproque
- Englishreciproque
French réciproque.
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reciproque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reciproque
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