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Amorous definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AM'OROUS, a. [L. amor, love.]
1. Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond.
2. In love; enamored.
3. Pertaining or relating to love; produced by love; indicating love; as amorous delight; amorous airs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: inclined toward or displaying love; "feeling amorous" [syn: amative, amorous]
2: 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 Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin amorosus, from Latin amor love, from amare to love Date: 14th century 1. strongly moved by love and especially sexual love <amorous couples> 2. being in love ; enamored — usually used with of <amorous of the girl> 3. a. indicative of love <received amorous glances from her partner> b. of or relating to love <an amorous novel> • amorously adverb • amorousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 showing, feeling, or inclined to sexual love. 2 of or relating to sexual love. Derivatives: amorously adv. amorousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L amorosus f. L amor love

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Amorous Am"o*rous, a. [OF. amoros, F. amoreux, LL. amorosus, fr. L. amor love, fr. amare to love.] 1. Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition. 2. Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on. Thy roses amorous of the moon. --Keats. High nature amorous of the good. --Tennyson. Sure my brother is amorous on Hero. --Shak. 3. Of or relating to, or produced by, love. ``Amorous delight.'' --Milton. ``Amorous airs.'' --Waller. Syn: Loving; fond; tender; passionate; affectionate; devoted; ardent.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe someone's feelings or actions as amorous, you mean that they involve sexual desire. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Full of sexual passion, erotic, ardent, full of desire, prone to sexuality. 2. Fond, enamoured, passionate, loving, longing, ardent, tender. 3. Amatory, erotic, tender, passionate, impassioned, Anacreontic.

Moby Thesaurus

amative, amatory, aphrodisiac, ardent, carnal, desirous, enamored, erogenic, erogenous, erotic, erotogenic, fleshly, gamic, heterosexual, impassioned, infatuated, lascivious, libidinal, loverlike, loverly, lustful, nuptial, oversexed, passionate, potent, procreative, sensual, sex, sexed, sexlike, sexual, sexy, straight, undersexed, venereal, voluptuous