| Adonis | [pron: a'dohnis] handsome young man loved by Aphrodite (Greek goddess of sexual love) or (in Roman mythology) Venus |
| Aegles | [pron: 'eegleez] daughter of Panopeus of Phocis, loved by Theseus |
| affect | love, like, be fond of |
| affected | devoted, totally in love [with] |
| affection | love, devotion |
| affection | have affection for, love |
| after-love | later gratitude, future loyalty |
| ague | fever, sickness, shaking [as caused by a fever] |
| agued | shivering, shaking [as with a fever] |
| ague-fit | feverish fit, fit of shaking |
| amiable | amorous, loving, tender |
| amorous | expressing love |
| Anna | sister of Dido, to whom Dido confides her love for Aeneas |
| assail | approach with offers of love, woo with vigour, attempt to seduce |
| assailing | wooing, loving, amorous |
| beloving | loving, devoted |
| betossed | tossed about, shaken up |
| bur | [prickly, clinging seedpod] thing difficult to shake off |
| bur | clinger, person difficult to shake off |
| canker-blossom | grub that destroys the blossom [of love] |
| charitable | kindly, loving, warm-hearted |
| chaste | of allowed love-making [because married] |
| confessor | boaster, braggart [of love affairs] |
| Cophetua | [pron: ko'fetjua] African king of a romantic ballad, who fell in love with a beggar-girl, Zenelophon |
| Corin | traditional name given to a love-sick shepherd |
| Cupid | [pron: 'kyoopid] Roman god of love, son of Venus and Mercury; a winged, blindfolded boy with curved bow and arrows |
| Cytherea | Roman goddess of beauty and love |
| dalliance | love-talk, flirting, amorous caressing |
| dally | flirt, be amorous, engage in love-play |
| Daphne | nymph loved by Apollo; chased by the god, she was saved by being turned into a laurel, which became Apollo's sacred tree |
| deared | loved, endeared, prized |
| Dido | [pron: 'diydoh] Queen of Carthage who fell in love with Aeneas when he was shipwrecked on her shores; commanded by Jupiter, Aeneas left without seeing Dido again, and she killed herself on a funeral pyre |
| dote | love dearly, give tender care |
| Dowsabel | sweetheart, lady-love |
| elegy | love-poem, song of lamentation |
| eliad | amorous glance, look of love, ogle |
| enamoured on | in love [with], delight [in], relish |
| Endymion | [pron: en'dimion] young shepherd loved by Selene (the Moon); Zeus granted his wish of eternal sleep, so he remained forever young |
| enjoy | possess in love, sleep with |
| fancy | sweetheart, love, lover |
| fancy | like, love, admire |
| fancy | love, amorousness, infatuation |
| fancy-monger | love-dealer, trader in love |
| fatherly | in a paternal manner, with a father's love |
| favour | mark of favour, gift, token [often a love-token] |
| flourish | wave, brandish, shake about |
| fond | tender, loving, affectionate |
| game | game of love, amorous play |
| heart | [term of endearment] sweetheart, beloved, love |
| hearty | loving, devoted, sincere |
| Hero | priestess of Aphrodite, in love with Leander |
| Io | [pron: 'eeoh] daughter of river-god Inachus, loved by Zeus, who turned her into a heifer to save her from the jealousy of Zeus’ wife, Hera |
| kind | loving, affectionate, fond |
| languishment | longing, pain, grief [caused by love] |
| Laura | lady addressed in Petrarch’s love poetry |
| Leander | [li'ander] young man in love with Hero, who lived on the opposite side of the Hellespont; each night he swam across, guided by her lamp |
| Leda | [pron: 'leeda] daughter of Thestius; loved by Jove, who turned himself into a swan to seduce her |
| like | love |
| lisp | talk in a loving voice |
| love | for love's sake |
| love | mistress, lover, paramour |
| love | be friend to, be attractive to |
| love | very dear friend |
| love | act of kindness, affectionate deed |
| love | expression of love, love-vow |
| love in idleness | pansy |
| love-book | book dealing with matters of love, courtship manual |
| love-day | day for settling disputes |
| love-feat | act of courtship, exploit prompted by love |
| love-lay | love-song |
| lovely | loving, amorous |
| love-prate | love-chatter, amorous talk |
| loveshaft | love-causing arrow |
| love-shaked | lovesick, in such a fever of love |
| love-springs | young shoots of love, youthful growth of love |
| love-suit | wooing, courtship |
| loving | friendly, loyal, staunch |
| Maid Marian | woman loved by Robin Hood |
| medicine | love potion |
| meet | come together for love |
| move | shake one's resolve, alter one's position |
| Narcissus | handsome youth who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool; he pined away and was turned into a flower |
| Nessus | centaur, shot by Hercules for attempting to rape Deianeira; Nessus gave her a poisonous liquid disguised as a love-potion, causing Hercules' death when he wore a shirt dipped in it |
| nursery | nursing, loving care, ministering |
| oeillade | [pron: 'iliad, uh'yahd] ] amorous glance, look of love, ogle |
| palsy | shaking fit, tremor, paralysis |
| palsy | palsied, trembling, shaking |
| Paphos | [pron: 'pafos] Cyprus; favourite abode of Venus, goddess of love |
| Perigenia | [pron: peri'jenia] daughter of a robber, Sinnis; loved by Theseus |
| Phillida | ['filida] traditional name given to a love-sick shepherdess |
| prived | bereaved, deprived of loved ones |
| Procrus | [pron: 'prohkrus] mispronunciation of Procris, legendary Greek lover whose love for her husband Cephalus was tragically harmed through his jealousy |
| professed | with avowed affection, displaying openly declared love |
| protest | declare love |
| provoke | make tremble, cause to shake |
| Pygmalion | [pron: pig'maylion] sculptor who created and fell in love with his ivory statue of a woman; Aphrodite brought her to life, and he married her |
| remembrance | love-token, keepsake, memento |
| self-affected | self-loving, egotistical, conceited |
| self-endeared | in love with herself |
| shake | abuse violently, scold, lambaste |
| shake | tremble, quake, shiver |
| shake | seize, grasp, move |
| shake | [unclear meaning] nod, make a sign with [in approval] |
| shake | shaking, shock, blow |
| shake | abandon, cast off, discard |
| superstitious | loving to the point of idolatry, excessively devoted |
| true | constant, faithful in love |
| Venus | Roman goddess of beauty and love |
| Venus | planet particularly associated with love, beauty, and fertility |
| well-wished | accompanied by good wishes, much loved |
| willow | [in song] expression of sadness and unrequited love |
| Zenelophon | [pron: ze'nelofon] beggar-girl of a romantic ballad, loved by an African king |