different between lovish vs dovish

English

Etymology

From love +? -ish.

Adjective

lovish (comparative more lovish, superlative most lovish)

1. Like, resembling, or characteristic of love; amorous; loving.
   • 2009, Stuart Menzie, Further Indiscretions by a Woman of No Importance:

     The orderly who was in charge addressed her through the window that divides the driver from her passengers asking her if she would try and keep her head as far away from the window as possible as "the men are very lovish, and I cannot answer for them!"

2. Somewhat loving.
   • 1860, History of major Smalls and his wooing - Page 15:

     No; you shall come from my hands to those of my lovish Flirtilla.

   • 2011, Tchinda Fabrice Mbuna, The Evil Behind the Law:

     Miss Asunder Your name is lovely, Lovable and lovish.

English

Alternative forms

• doveish

Etymology

From dove +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v??/

Adjective

dovish (comparative more dovish, superlative most dovish)

1. Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.
2. (figuratively) Peaceful, conciliatory.

   Antonym: hawkish

   • 2006 July 18, Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian, page 3:

     Doubtless an expression of frustration at the UN secretary general, who has long been too dovish for Bush administration tastes.

   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 210:

     Caillaux bypassed his Foreign Office in order to impose his own dovish agenda on the negotiations with Berlin […].

3. Disfavoring increasing interest rates; inclined against increasing interest rates.

   Antonym: hawkish

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