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Definition of Love affair

1. Noun. A relationship between two lovers.

Definition of Love affair

1. Noun. An affair; an adulterous relationship. Used colloquially to distinguish which type of affair, leaving less room for doubt. ¹

2. Noun. A fondness ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Love Affair

Literary usage of Love affair

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"think of, and had engaged in another love affair, merely to drown the memory of my real passion. LXIV It happened through a variety of singular accidents ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"think of, and had engaged in another love affair, merely to drown the memory of my real passion. LXIV It happened through a variety of singular accidents ..."

3. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"Letter to his brothers on appointments at Yale. — Letters from Joseph P. Rossiter. — Morse's first love affair. — Paints "Landing of the Pilgrims. ..."

4. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"... place to a love affair between his sister and the Colonel. " This wretched blunder of over-sized balls" (words attributed to Sir William Howe) "arose ..."

5. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"iil;iui К,т--;Г have a clandestine love-affair (with one], have an affair (1. a love-affair) on the side. -tarina tale of love, love-story, ..."

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