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Meaning of "love-in-idleness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOVE-IN-IDLENESS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOVE-IN-IDLENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Love-In-Idleness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOVE-IN-IDLENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Love-in-idleness

Love-in-idleness is the flower mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare that inspired romantic love. The wild pansy is known by many names - Heartsease, Love-in-Idleness, Johnny Jump Up, and many others. The name Pansy derives from the French pensees, meaning "thoughts".

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOVE-IN-IDLENESS

love scene
love seat
love set
love song
love story
love token
love triangle
love-hate relationship
love-in
love-in-a-mist
love-lies-bleeding
love-stricken
loveability
loveable
loveableness
loveably
lovebird
lovebirds
lovebite
lovebug

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOVE-IN-IDLENESS

adhesiveness
appropriateness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
cuteness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of love-in-idleness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «love-in-idleness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOVE-IN-IDLENESS

Find out the translation of love-in-idleness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of love-in-idleness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «love-in-idleness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

爱合无所事事
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el amor - en - ociosidad
570 millions of speakers

English

love-in-idleness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्यार में आलस्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحب في و التسيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

люблю - в - безделья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amo -in- ócio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভালবাসা-ইন-আলস্যের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amour de l´oisiveté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cinta-in-idleness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Liebe -in- Müßiggang
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

愛·イン·怠惰
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사랑 -에서 - 게으름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Katresnan-in-idleness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây từ la an
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அன்பு உள்ள வேலையில்லா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेम-इन-आळशीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yabani menekşe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

love- in - nell´ozio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kocham - w - lenistwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

люблю -в- неробства
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dragoste - in - lene
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγάπη - σε - απραξία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liefde -in- ledigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

love -i- sysslolöshet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Love- in- lediggang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of love-in-idleness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOVE-IN-IDLENESS»

The term «love-in-idleness» is regularly used and occupies the 83.831 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOVE-IN-IDLENESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about love-in-idleness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOVE-IN-IDLENESS»

Discover the use of love-in-idleness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to love-in-idleness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Love-in-idleness: Poems
Poetry. LBGT Studies. "If I were to reduce this book to a single letter, it would be O. Opulence, obsession, orgasm and opera all start with an open throat, a gape, a release of pent-up desire.
Christopher Hennessy, 2011
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Love in Idleness
Anna Raine is desperate: to escape Somerset, to evade her mother, and above all to find a model of adulthood on whom to base her future self.
Charlotte Mendelson, 2013
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Love In Idleness
This is a subtle and delectable comedy of manners about love, lies and the dangers of a strong imagination .
Amanda Craig, 2010
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Love in Idleness
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed.
Iza Duffus Hardy, 2012
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Love in Idleness: A Volume of Poems
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Various, 2008
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Love in Idleness - A Tale of Bar Harbor
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
F. Marion Crawford, 2008
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare, in a smiling mood, says the very same of Lady Rich and her love- in-idleness. " It comes from her mother !" She, too, was a genuine " light-o'-love," and possessed the qualities attributed to the " little western flower " — the vicious  ...
William Shakespeare, 2001
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Secret Shakespeare: Studies in Theatre, Religion and Resistance
"love in idleness"' keys the entire plot of A Midsummer Night's Dream to a version of pastoralism which - as William Empson remarked of the 'Lilies that fester' in Sonnet 94 - is 'profoundly ambivalent' in oscillating between 'the power of beauty  ...
Richard Wilson, 2004
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The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before, milk-white ; now purple with love's wound, — And maidens call it, love-in- idleness 4. If incense was thrown in cart-loads on the altar, this propitious deity was ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
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Shakespeare, Brecht, and the Intercultural Sign
95 Yet mark' d I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower ', Before milk-white, now purple with love' s wound, And maidens call it love-in- idleness. Oberon - A Midsummer Night ' s Dream, II. i. 165 Be as thou wast wont to be ...
Antony Tatlow, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOVE-IN-IDLENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term love-in-idleness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Poems Seek Truth And Revenge In Fascist Italy
Bradley's latest book, Love-In-Idleness: The Poetry of Roberto Zingarello, is a 2015 Summer Book Series selection. If you're familiar with ... «WNIJ and WNIU, Jun 15»
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And The Authors Are...
Love-In-Idleness: The Poetry of Roberto Zingarello follows the fictional hero's quest for love, truth and revenge in Fascist Italy. Our series ... «WNIJ and WNIU, May 15»
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5 ways modern tech would have helped Shakespearean characters
Before placing the juice of the "love-in-idleness" flower onto someone's eyelid willy-nilly, Puck checks Facebook to see what Demetrius actually ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Mar 15»
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Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream in Wandle Park
Puck searches energetically for the love-in-idleness plant in the shrubs of Wandle Park whilst other scenes continue on stage, and Titania ... «The Croydon Citizen, Jul 14»
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Shakespeare on drugs: The secret narcotic history of the world's …
It's ”a little western flower, / Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, / And maidens call it love-in-idleness,” he explains. “Fetch me that ... «Salon, Apr 14»
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The 36 Best Shows in Chicago Theatre This Month
Through 5/3 Beware of faeries bearing love-in-idleness! The mischief-making herb can make you fall in love with an ass. So it goes in the ... «Chicagomag.com, Apr 14»
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The help desk: Motherhood has completely changed my best friend …
... to have shades of Titania under the influence of love-in-idleness. I'm not really surprised that your high-powered lawyer friend has turned into ... «The Independent, Aug 13»
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'Midsummer Night's Dream': A ballet dream come true
I also decided to create a new role that does not exist in the play: a dancing role for Love-in-Idleness, the flower whose potion wreaks havoc on ... «Inquirer.net, Feb 13»
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Photographic memories Out There
... Tim Dlugos (Nightboat Books); Love-in-Idleness by Christopher Hennessey (Brooklyn Arts Press); Motion Studies by Brad Richard (The Word ... «Bay Area Reporter, Mar 12»
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lyric Hammersmith
We have tons of blue spray paint (love-in-idleness, don't you know!), rambler tents and, best of all, Jonathan Broadbent's Oberon – small and ... «The Arts Desk, Feb 12»

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