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light-o'-love

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. light-o'-love, light-of-lovenoun

    a woman inconstant in love

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  1. light-o'-love

    "Light-o'-love" is a term originated from 16th-century England which could refer to either a song or dance popular during that time or a term used to reference a woman who is light-hearted or frivolously amorous. It was notably mentioned in Shakespeare's play, "Much Ado About Nothing."

Webster Dictionary

  1. Light-o'-lovenoun

    an old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters

  2. Light-o'-lovenoun

    hence: A light or wanton woman

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of light-o'-love in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of light-o'-love in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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