Dowsabel

Dowsabel

(DOWZ-a-bell)

Noun:

-A sweetheart or “lady-love”.

From Latin Dulcibella feminine given name, from dulcis sweet + bellus beautiful

Used in a sentence:

“My fair, sweet dowsabel, I shall quaff of thy love and slake the thirst within mine bosom!”

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