"love-shy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: love-shier [comparative], love-shyer [comparative], love-shiest [superlative], love-shyest [superlative]
Etymology: From love + shy. Attributed to late sociologist Brian G. Gilmartin. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|love|shy}} love + shy Head templates: {{en-adj|er|love-shyer}} love-shy (comparative love-shier or love-shyer, superlative love-shiest or love-shyest)
  1. Ineffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourse. Categories (topical): People Hyponyms: incel Derived forms: love-shyness
    Sense id: en-love-shy-en-adj-Anyir9KA Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English nouns with unattested plurals: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: loveshy

Noun

Etymology: From love + shy. Attributed to late sociologist Brian G. Gilmartin. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|love|shy}} love + shy Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} love-shy (plural not attested)
  1. (very rare) A person, especially a man, who is ineffectual at courtship. Tags: no-plural, rare Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-love-shy-en-noun-zDcRGejB Disambiguation of People: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: loveshy

Alternative forms

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