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Definition of Love-in-idleness
1. Noun. A common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived.
Exact synonyms: Heartsease, Johnny-jump-up, Pink Of My John, Viola Tricolor, Wild Pansy
Generic synonyms: Viola
Generic synonyms: Viola
Lexicographical Neighbors of Love-in-idleness
Literary usage of Love-in-idleness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1876)
"LOVE IN IDLENESS. BY JUSTIN MCCARTHY, AUTHOR OF "DEAR LADY DISDAIN," &c. NE day Mr.
Stephen Acton, a literary man and a bachelor, living in lodgings in the ..."
2. Poems by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1890)
"LOVE IN IDLENESS. I What should I do ? In such a wife Fortune had lavish'd all
her store, And nothing now seem'd left for life But to deserve her more and ..."
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