loveship

English

Etymology

From love +‎ -ship.

Noun

loveship (countable and uncountable, plural loveships)

  1. The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
    • 1989 February 5, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 13:
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