loveday
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Middle English loveday; equivalent to love + day.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈlʌvdeɪ/
=== Noun ===
loveday (plural lovedays)
(now historical) A day appointed for a meeting intended to amicably resolve a dispute; also the meeting held on such a day. [from 14th c.]
(chiefly poetic) A day devoted to love. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
loveday (arbitration) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
== Middle English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
lofeday, lovedai, love-day, love day, lowe-day, lufday
=== Etymology ===
From love (“love”) + day.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈluv(ə)ˌdæi̯/
=== Noun ===
loveday (plural lovedayes)
loveday (day for dispute resolution)
(figuratively) Any time of peaceableness.
==== Descendants ====
English: (now historical) loveday
==== References ====
“lǒve-dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.