light-o'-love Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a woman inconstant in love
    light-of-love.

WordNet


Light"-o'-love` noun
Definitions
  1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak.
  2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1913