Limer

Morpheme

Limer

Type

bound base

Denotation

involuntary romantic infatuation

Etymology

1977 coinage by American psychologist Dorothy Tennov as an arbitrary euphonious replacement of amorance

Evidence

limerence, limerent, nonlimerence, nonlimerent

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

See Also

Ame