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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having characteristics that attract love or affection.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Praiseworthy.
  • Worthy of love; inviting love; winning; amiable. Also loveable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Inspiring love or affection.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having characteristics that attract love or affection

Etymologies

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love +‎ -able

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