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valentine
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valentine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun valentine has 2 senses
- valentine(n = noun.person) Array - a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day; "will you be my valentine?" is a kind of steady, sweetheart, sweetie, truelove
- valentine(n = noun.communication) Array - a card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day; Array is a kind of greeting card
CIDE DICTIONARY
valentine, n.
- A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day. [1913 Webster]
- A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
valentine, n.
1 a card or gift sent, often anonymously, as a mark of love or affection on St Valentine's Day (14 Feb.).
2 a sweetheart chosen on this day.
1 a card or gift sent, often anonymously, as a mark of love or affection on St Valentine's Day (14 Feb.).
2 a sweetheart chosen on this day.
Etymology
ME f. OF Valentin f. L Valentinus, name of two saints
ROGET THESAURUS
valentine
Endearment
N endearment, caress, blandishment, blandiment, panchement, fondling, billing and cooing, dalliance, necking, petting, sporting, sparking, hanky-panky, caressing, embrace, salute, kiss, buss, smack, osculation, deosculation, amorous glances, courtship, wooing, suit, addresses, the soft impeachment, lovemaking, serenading, caterwauling, flirting, flirtation, gallantry, coquetry, true lover's knot, plighted love, love tale, love token, love letter, billet-doux, valentine, honeymoon, Strephon and Chloe, caressing, sighing like furnace, love-sick, spoony, caressed, faint heart neer won fair lady, kisses honeyed by oblivion.
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