light-o'-love

1. 1.

   a woman inconstant in love

   Synonymslight-of-love

   Broaderwanton

Questions about light-o'-love

What does light-o'-love mean?

light-o'-love means "a woman inconstant in love".

How many syllables are in light-o'-love?

light-o'-love has 3 syllables: ligh-t-o'--love. The stress falls on "ligh".

What is another word for light-o'-love?

Close synonyms include light-of-love. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is light-o'-love a common word?

light-o'-love is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.