different between lovee vs loved

English

Etymology

love +? -ee

Noun

lovee (plural lovees)

1. One who is loved; a recipient of love.
   • 1999, James R. Ozinga, Altruism (page 11)

     One might even describe a monitored feedback loop that permits one to sense when insufficient loving is returning from the lovee, causing a lessening of the lover's efforts.

   • 2009, Jonar Nader, How to Lose Friends and Infuriate Lovers (page 92)

     It's just that one is the lover, while the other is the lovee. Together, they make love. One has an obligation to nurture, and the other has a duty of care.

English

Etymology

From Middle English loved, luvd, from Old English lufode, first and third person singular past indicative of lufian; and Middle English loved, iloved, from Old English ?elufod, past participle of lufian; both equivalent to love +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?vd/

Verb

loved

1. simple past tense and past participle of love

Adjective

loved (comparative more loved, superlative most loved)

1. Being the object of love.
   • 1997, Charlie W. Shedd, How to Make People Really Feel Loved: And Other Life-Giving Observations, Vine Books, ?ISBN.
   • 1999, Valerie Grove, Laurie Lee: The Well-Loved Stranger, Penguin Books (2001), ?ISBN.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:beloved

Translations

Anagrams

• Dovel, voled