Dictionary entry

Love-sick

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Love″–sick′ (?), a. 1. Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid.

To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind. Dryden.

2. Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.

Where nightingales their love-sick ditty sing. Dryden.