Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LOVE'LI-NESS
LOVE'LI-NESS, n. [luv'liness. From lovely.]
Amiableness; qualities of body or mind that may excite love. If there is such a native loveliness in the sex, as to make them victorious when in the wrong, how resistless their power when they are on the side of truth. – Spectator.
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