2007-12-03 20:16:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Well, if you are talking about the Cole Porter song, it's just a bit of poetic license. You see it all the time in songs---writers will finish a line with a word that doesn't normally rhyme...the only reason it seems to, is either the way that the singer promounces it, or , in Mr Porter's case, you kinda play on it some,...have a happy holiday, my friend!
2007-12-04 02:58:22 · answer #1 · answered by longhair140 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is only a word made up for the lyrics of a Cole Porter song so it would rhyme with other words in the lyrics.
Here's one verse:
Time marches on, and soon it's plain
You've won my heart and I've lost my brain.
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.
It was also used in a jingle for the old Desoto cars
Desoto..Delovely...etc.
2007-12-03 20:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by Dale P 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That word was "made up" by Cole Porter and used with song lyrics "it's delightful, lt's delicious, it's delovely." So, in context, it means it's really lovely. -- From song "It's De-Lovely" by Cole Porter.
2007-12-03 20:40:42 · answer #3 · answered by soupkitty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Delovely Lyrics
2016-11-16 16:19:38 · answer #4 · answered by hollister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
de is a prefix meaning , from ,down ,or away
prefixes are added to root words to form new words and meanings or in your case to de-form a word.
love is your root word not lovely
lovely is a lovely adjective not a root word
ice ,deice; activate ,deactivate ;detach,attach
deploy.
anti is another prefix entirely with an entirely different meaning. anti means to be against
anti-love would be to be against love
de-love should the word exist would be closer to meaning cease loving.
I would rather decease loving than cease loving.
2007-12-03 21:44:25 · answer #5 · answered by Form F 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Delovely Definition
2017-01-01 05:07:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really, because the "de-" prefix is usually used on verbs, not adjectives like lovely. If you want a word that means "anti-lovely", try "unlovely".
2007-12-03 20:29:00 · answer #7 · answered by drshorty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol She knows that it's from a song, guys :P She's asking if that would go against what the song is meaning :P
And I was wondering the same thing... You know... as we talk about it all the time. lol.
2007-12-04 15:27:37 · answer #8 · answered by SunnyK 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hehehehe....thats cute.
im thinking more like....unlovely....or anti-lovely!
g'bye!
2007-12-04 08:07:11 · answer #9 · answered by labyrinth_solved 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋