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Lovelace en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English lufeless (“loveless”), possibly a nickname for a philanderer. In the libertine sense, refers to Robert Lovelace, a character in Samuel Richardson's 1748 novel Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady.

Meanings

1. A well-mannered libertine.
   • You are a dangerous young fellow—a kind of Lovelace who will make the Clarissas run after you instead of you running after them. 1876, George Eliot, chapter 32, in Daniel Deronda, London: Blackwood:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Loveless		alternative	lexicographic
Lovelaces	Number=Plur		lexicographic
Lowess		alternative	lexicographic
Lowes		alternative	lexicographic

Lovelace en · PROPN

Etymology

From Middle English lufeless (“loveless”), possibly a nickname for a philanderer. In the libertine sense, refers to Robert Lovelace, a character in Samuel Richardson's 1748 novel Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady.

Meanings

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Lowess		alternative	lexicographic
Lovelaces	Number=Plur		lexicographic
Loveless		alternative	lexicographic
Lowes		alternative	lexicographic