amative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈam.ə.tɪv/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Italic *amāō Latin amō Latin amātus Medieval Latin amātīvusder. English amative From Medieval Latin amātīvus, from Latin amātus, perfect passive participle of amō (“love”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to love; amorous.
His endearments were not amative or effete, but manly like Churchill's, and gave one a sense of being singled out, of having value.
1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 97:He was also confounded by its implication in Podson. Damme, the idea of that runt of a feller makin' up to a woman old enough to be his mother! Bradly banged pots about the stove, preparing the evening meal, to relieve himself of an outraged sense of propriety at Podson's amative presumption.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 151:His amative enthusiasm, at which he is himself laughing, and his clever, imaginative, humorous ways, contrast strongly with the sincere tenderness and dignified quietness of the woman.
1893, George Bernard Shaw, The Philanderer:
Deriveds
hyperamative · amatively · amativeness
Translations (8)
ru влю́бчивый (pertaining to love) · bg влюбчив (pertaining to love) · bn অনুরাগজনক (pertaining to love) · pt amativo (pertaining to love) · fi rakkaus- (pertaining to love) · bg любовен (pertaining to love) · bn অনুরাগপ্রবণ (pertaining to love) · fi lempi- (pertaining to love)