Standard Lemma guide

limerence

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈlɪməɹəns/
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noun

Meaning 1

An involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: nonlimerence

History

Etymology

From limer- (“a coined, arbitrary first element”) + -ence. Coined by American psychologist Dorothy Tennov in 1977 as an arbitrary euphonious replacement or alteration of the word amorance.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 一往情深 (yīwǎngqíngshēn) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情深意切 (qíngshēnyìqiè) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情真意切 (qíngzhēnyìqiè) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 深情厚意 (shēnqínghòuyì) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情深似海 (qíngshēnsìhǎi) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情真愛深 /情真爱深 (qíngzhēn'àishēn) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情深不移 (qíngshēnbùyí) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情深意重 (qíngshēnyìzhòng) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情濃難斷 /情浓难断 (qíngnóngnánduàn) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情不自勝 /情不自胜 (qíngbùzìshèng) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情難自禁 /情难自禁 (qíngnánzìjīn) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情真意摯 /情真意挚 (qíngzhēnyìzhì) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 痴心深情 (chīxīnshēnqíng) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 深情癡戀 /深情痴恋 (shēnqíngchīliàn) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濃情蜜意 /浓情蜜意 (nóngqíngmìyì) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傾心戀慕 /倾心恋慕 (qīngxīnliànmù) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傾心愛慕 /倾心爱慕 (qīngxīn'àimù) — state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傾心痴戀 /倾心痴恋 (qīngxīnchīliàn) — state of mind
  • Danish: forelskelse — state of mind
  • Dutch: verliefdheid — state of mind
  • Esperanto: enamiĝinteco — state of mind
  • French: limérence — state of mind
  • French: limerence — state of mind
  • French: limérance — state of mind
  • German: Verliebtheit — state of mind
  • German: Limerenz — state of mind
  • Italian: limerence — state of mind
  • Italian: ultrattaccamento — state of mind
  • Korean: 리머런스 (rimeoreonseu) — state of mind
  • Macedonian: вљу́беност (vljúbenost) — state of mind
  • Portuguese: limerence — state of mind
  • Portuguese: enfatuação — state of mind
  • Russian: влюблённость (vljubljónnostʹ) — state of mind
  • Serbo-Croatian: limerencija — state of mind
  • Spanish: limerencia — state of mind
  • Spanish: infatuación — state of mind
  • Swedish: förälskelse — state of mind
  • Tagalog: pagkahumaling — state of mind
  • Tagalog: pagkahibang — state of mind