lovesome vs lovey-dovey

lovesome

adj
  • Lovable on account of beauty; lovely, beautiful. 

  • Worthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable. 

  • A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! 

lovey-dovey

adj
  • Affectionate in a rather mushy or oversentimental fashion. 

How often have the words lovesome and lovey-dovey occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )