lovestruck

adjective

love·​struck ˈləv-ˌstrək 

: powerfully affected by feelings of romantic love for someone : deeply in love

a lovestruck teenager

… a scandal that began with a lovestruck Valley Girl gossiping to her treacherous friend …

—Nancy Gibbs, Time, 22 Feb. 1999

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1652, in the meaning defined above

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