typee
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈtaɪpi/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈtaipi/
Noun
Intense lovesickness; infatuation, limerence.
Usage- Guyana
- Uncountable
- Examples
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More examples (1)
The fact that stuck in my head, however, that the prettiest thing to one crow is another crow, a male monkey sees a female monkey the way Romeo had ‘typee’ for his Juliet.
Stephen continued to see more of Sarah, after the Black Friday riots. He had typee for her; she was constantly in his thoughts.
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I played chasie (tag) with him and the other children in the yard, but I am certain Oswald never knew I had typee for him. The love affair was short lived, because we only lived there for a short time.