Meaning of typee | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of the Tai-pi people of Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia.
   obsolete
2. Intense lovesickness; infatuation, limerence.
   Guyana, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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