Lovelight

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fond expression of love in a person's eyes. countable, uncountable

    "Her hands folded tightly together across her brow, she looked the very embodiment of reverent expectation, and the blushing roses on her cheeks, the lovelight in her eyes seemed to deepen for an instant, and then pale slightly[…]"

Example

More examples

"Her hands folded tightly together across her brow, she looked the very embodiment of reverent expectation, and the blushing roses on her cheeks, the lovelight in her eyes seemed to deepen for an instant, and then pale slightly[…]"

Etymology

From love + light.

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