amorous
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
amorous
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}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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2. Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of;
formerly with on.
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Thy roses amorous of the moon. --Keats.
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High nature amorous of the good. --Tennyson.
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Sure my brother is amorous on Hero. --Shak.
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3. Of or relating to, or produced by, love. "Amorous
delight." --Milton. "Amorous airs." --Waller.
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Syn: Loving; fond; tender; passionate; affectionate; devoted;
ardent.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "amorous":
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
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