typee

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English

Etymology

    Unknown.[1]

    Noun

    typee (uncountable)

    1. (Guyana) Intense lovesickness; infatuation, limerence.
      • 1994, Bernard Heydorn, chapter 34, in Walk Good Guyana Boy, Newmarket, Ont.: Learning Improvement Centre, →ISBN, page 205:
        Stephen continued to see more of Sarah, after the Black Friday riots. He had typee for her; she was constantly in his thoughts.

    References

    1. ^ typee, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.