Ladylove with a bad upbringing (5)
I believe the answer is:
olive
'ladylove with a bad upbringing' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'ladylove with a bad upbringing' is the wordplay.
'ladylove with' becomes 'o' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a bad' becomes 'evil' (evil is a kind of bad).
'upbringing' says the letters should be written backwards.
'evil' reversed gives 'live'.
'o'+'live'='OLIVE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for olive that I've seen before include "Mediterranean fruit or greenish colour" , "woman" , "Small green tree-fruit, nice in martini" , "Mediterranean tree-fruit, nice in cocktail" , "Yellowish-green - fruit" .)