love-shy
love-shy · love-shier · love-shiest
Ineffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourseIneffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourse.
Meaning
1 sensesIneffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourse.
Origin
From love + shy. Attributed to late sociologist Brian G. Gilmartin.From love + shy. Attributed to late sociologist Brian G. Gilmartin.
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Forms
love-shier/love-shyer, love-shiest/love-shyest| Comparative | love-shier / love-shyer Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | love-shiest / love-shyest Lesson |
irregular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedlove-shyness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.