amorous
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
(14th century) From Old French amoros, amoreus, from Medieval Latin amōrōsus, from Latin amor (“love”), related to Latin amāre (“to love”). Compare French amoureux (“in love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.mɹəs/, /ˈæ.mə.ɹəs/
Adjective
amorous (comparative more amorous, superlative most amorous)
- Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
- an amorous disposition
- We were both feeling amorous so the inevitable happened.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
- Indicating love or sexual desire.
- She kept making these amorous suggestions.
- Of or relating to, or produced by, love.
- She read me an amorous poem.
- (dated) Affected with love; in love; enamored.
- He had been amorous of her since schooldays.
Synonyms
- (inclined or having a propensity to love): loving; fond; affectionate
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
inclined to love
indicating love or sexual desire
of or relating to, or produced by, love
affected with love
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References
- amorous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- amorous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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