amour

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

amour
    n 1: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn:
         {affair}, {affaire}, {intimacy}, {liaison}, {involvement},
         {amour}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Amour \A*mour"\, n. [F., fr. L. amor love.]
   1. Love; affection. [Obs.]
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   2. Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful
      connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love
      affair.
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   {In amours with}, in love with. [Obs.]
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "amour":
      adulterous affair, adultery, affair, amorousness, cuckoldry,
      entanglement, eternal triangle, flirtation, forbidden love,
      hanky-panky, illicit love, infidelity, intimacy, intrigue, liaison,
      love, love affair, passion, relationship, romance, romantic tie,
      triangle, unfaithfulness

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