The Younger Loveless, a prodigal.—Beaumont and Fletcher, The Scornful Lady (1616).
Loveless (Edward), husband of Amanda. He pays undue attention to Berinthia, a handsome young widow, his wife’s cousin; but, seeing the folly of his conduct, he resolves in future to devote himself to his wife with more fidelity.—Sheridan, A Trip to Scarborough (1777).
Lovell (Benjamin), a banker, proud of his ancestry, but with a weakness for gambling.
Elsie Lovell, his daughter, in love with Victor Orme, the poor gentleman.—Wybert Reeve, Parted.
Lovell (Lord). Sir Giles Overreach fully expected that his lordship would marry his daughter Margaret; but he married Lady Allworth, and assisted Margaret in marrying Tom Allworth, the man of her choice. (See Lovel).—Massinger, A New Way to Pay Old Debts (1628).
Lovely Obscure (The), Am´adis of Gaul. Same as Belten´ebros.
The great Amădis, when he assumed the name of “The Lovely Obscure,” dwelt either eight years or eight months, I forget which, upon a naked rock, doing penance for some unkindness shown him by the Lady Oria´na. [The rock is called “The Poor Rock.”]—Cervantes, Don Quixote, I. iii. 1 (1605).
Love´more (2 syl.), a man fond of gaiety and pleasure, who sincerely loves his wife; but, finding his home dull, and that his wife makes no effort to relieve its monotony, seeks pleasure abroad, and treats his wife with cold civility and formal politeness. He is driven to intrigue, but, being brought to see its folly acknowledges his faults, and his wife resolves “to try to keep him” by making his home more lively and agreeable.
Mrs. Lovemore (2 syl.), wife of Mr. Lovemore, who finds if “she would keep her husband” to herself, it is not enough to “be a prudent manager, careless of her own comforts, not much given to pleasure; grave, retired, and domestic; to govern her household, pay the tradesman’s bills, and love her husband;” but to these must be added some effort to please and amuse him, and to make his home bright and agreeable to him.—A. Murphy, The Way to Keep Him (1760).
Lovers (Romantic). The favorites of distinguished men: