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noun a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day
noun a card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day
originFrom Latin Valentīnus, a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”). Doublet of Valentinus, Valentino, Valentina, and Valentini.
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