Adjacent Words

Amatory definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AM'ATORY, a. [L. amatorius, from amo, to love.]
1. Relating to love; as, amatorial verses; causing love; as, amatory potions; produced by sexual intercourse; as, amatorial progeny.
2. In anatomy, a term applied to the oblique muscles of the eye, from their use in ogling.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride" [syn: amatory, amorous, romantic]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1599 of, relating to, or expressing sexual love <amatory adventures>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of or relating to sexual love or desire. Etymology: L amatorius f. amare love

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Amatory Am"a*to*ry, a. Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Amorous, amatorial, amatorian, erotic, tender, passionate, Anacreontic.

Moby Thesaurus

admiring, amative, amorous, aphrodisiac, ardent, attracted, caressive, coquettish, coy, desirous, erotic, flirtatious, flirty, impassioned, lascivious, loverlike, loverly, passionate, sexual, yearning