Amorous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amorous
       adj 1: inclined toward or displaying love; "feeling amorous" [syn:
              {amative}]
       2: expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her
          amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic
          adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride" [syn: {amatory}, {romantic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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