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- noun Alternative form of
limerence .
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Examples
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What I want to know is why Lochhead spells it "limerance" instead of "limerence."
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Recognize the difference between limerance and love.
Three Relationship Articles from Psychology Today, With Commentary William Harryman 2007
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Love mostly starts out as limerance, but limerance doesn't always evolve into love.
Three Relationship Articles from Psychology Today, With Commentary William Harryman 2007
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The feisty Scottish poet Liz Lochhead promptly used it in The Grimm Sisters 1981: "From limerance and venery/ She flinched as at fire," which would seem to give the word a certain literary cachet.
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I have suffered from limerance many times, and avoiding the guy seems to help.
Ask MetaFilter 2009
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Now if they'll just honor my request to have Luann walk in on him and Toni with her wearing a strap-on and her brother making a face like Karl Rove on a Tilt-a-Whirl, I'll achieve limerance.
Blogtimore, Hon 2008
mollusque commented on the word limerance
Variant spelling of limerence.
November 7, 2007
shevek commented on the word limerance
A word this obscure should not have a variant spelling. *steps of soapbox*
August 17, 2008
plethora commented on the word limerance
I think I've found my word for the next Identify the Wordie!
August 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word limerance
*lowers the Cone of Silence*
August 18, 2008
avivamagnolia commented on the word limerance
limerance – the initial exhilarating rush of falling in love; the state of "being in love".
Limerance, unlike 'infatuation', does not carry the connotation of emotional immaturity.
In contrast to "loving someone", limerance implies obsessive thinking about the limerent object and acute longing for reciprocation.
Coined by Dorothy Tennov in her book Love and Limerance (1979; recently reprinted). It will be interesting to see if this word enters the vernacular.
January 19, 2009
mollusque commented on the word limerance
The title of Tennov's book is "Love and Limerence", not "Love and Limerance".
January 20, 2009