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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