Valentine

Definition of Valentine

Val´en`tine

n.

1.

A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.

2.

A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.

St. Valentine's Day
a day sacred to St. Valentine; the 14th of February. It was a very old notion, alluded to by Shakespeare, that on this day birds begin to mate. Hence, perhaps, arose the custom of sending love tokens at that time.

Related Words

steady, sweetheart, sweetie, truelove

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