English Explanatory Dictionary

love-shy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Ineffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourse.
noun
  1. A person, especially a man, who is ineffectual at courtship.

Word forms

love-shy love-shier love-shyer love-shiest love-shyest loveshy

Etymology

From love + shy. Attributed to late sociologist Brian G. Gilmartin.

Derived words

love-shyness
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