Dictionary

amorous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈæm.ɹəs/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈæ.mə.ɹəs/
• /ˈæ.mɚ.əs/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English amorous, amerous (14th century), from Old French amoros, amoreus, from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, from Latin amor (“love”), related to amāre (“to love”). Compare French amoureux (“in love”). Doublet of amoroso and amoureux.

Meanings

1. Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
   • Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
   • an amorous disposition
   • We were both feeling amorous so the inevitable happened.
2. Indicating love or sexual desire.
   • UUho when he ſhal embrace you in his arms UUil tell how many thouſand men he ſlew. And when you looke for amorous diſcourſe, Will rattle foorth his facts of war and blood: […] c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
   • Long were to tell the amorous aſſayes, And gentle pangues, with which he maked meeke The mightie Mars, to learne his wanton playes: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 572:
   • She kept making these amorous suggestions.
   • There was no tune to it, only amorous gruntings like those of some old satyr who had furnished music for Circe's revels. 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 218:
   • When held in the hand, the lizard produces an amorous stimulus. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 139:
3. Of or relating to, or produced by, love.
   • She read me an amorous poem.
4. (dated) Affected with love; in love; enamored.
   • He had been amorous of her since schooldays.

Forms

Deriveds

biamorous · amorousness · heteroamorous · ambiamorous · amorously · polyamorous · homoamorous · nonamorous · multiamorous · unamorous

Relateds

amour

Synonyms

concupiscent · lustful · loving · affectionate · fond

Translations (110)

sl ljubezenski (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · cmn 戀愛的 /恋爱的 (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · ar عَاشِق (affected with love) · el αγαπησιάρης (inclined to love) · be любо́ўны (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · it amoroso (inclined to love) · uk залю́блений (affected with love) · bg влюбчи́в (inclined to love) · be любо́ўны (indicating love or sexual desire) · fi lemmenkipeä (inclined to love) · de amourös (indicating love or sexual desire) · cs zamilovaný (affected with love) · cs milostný (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · ru очаро́ванный (affected with love) · ru без ума́ (affected with love) · el ερωτόληπτος (inclined to love) · be улюблёны (affected with love) · ca amorós (inclined to love) · sh zaljùbljiv (inclined to love) · uk залю́бливий (inclined to love) · fi rakastunut (affected with love) · be палюбо́ўны (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · ru любо́вный (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · ru влюблённый (affected with love) · el ερωτευμένος (affected with love) · sh ljúbāvnī (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · hi कामुक (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · te కాముకము (inclined to love) · ro amoros (inclined to love) · sl zaljubljen (affected with love) · mk љубовен (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · nl amoureus (inclined to love) · de anzüglich (indicating love or sexual desire) · be закаха́ны (affected with love) · de Liebes- (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · uk любо́вний (indicating love or sexual desire) · eo amema (inclined to love) · es enamorado (affected with love) · pt enamorado (affected with love) · mk заљублив (inclined to love) · nl verliefd (affected with love) · kk ғашықтық (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · sh заљу̀бљив (inclined to love) · de verliebt (indicating love or sexual desire) · fi lemmekäs (indicating love or sexual desire) · nl amoureuze (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · pt amoroso (inclined to love) · ro amorezat (affected with love) · bg любо́вен (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · enm amorous (inclined to love) · ca amorós (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · enm amorous (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · ja 恋愛の (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · kk ғашық (affected with love) · el ερωτικός (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · ar عِشْقِيّ (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · sh за̀љӯбљен (affected with love) · fi rakkaus- (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · pl kochliwy (inclined to love) · de amourös (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · hi इश्क़िया (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · mk вљубен (affected with love) · ru аму́рный (indicating love or sexual desire) · tr aşık (inclined to love) · enm amorous (indicating love or sexual desire) · uk влю́бливий (inclined to love) · uk зако́ханий (affected with love) · pt amoroso (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · es concupisciente (inclined to love) · enm amorous (affected with love) · be палюбо́ўны (indicating love or sexual desire) · ro de amor (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · de erotisch (indicating love or sexual desire) · eo amorema (inclined to love) · de liebschaftlich (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · de amourös (inclined to love) · ca amorós (indicating love or sexual desire) · hi प्रणयशील (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · fr amoureux (indicating love or sexual desire) · be улю́блівы (inclined to love) · fa عشقی (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · ar غَرَامِيّ (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · de verliebt (affected with love) · ru влю́бчивый (inclined to love) · ru любо́вный (indicating love or sexual desire) · uz ishqiy (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · mk заљубен (affected with love) · ur عشقیہ (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · sh zàljūbljen (affected with love) · sh љу́ба̄внӣ (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · fr amoureux (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · uk любо́вний (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · grc φίλερως (inclined to love) · pt amoroso (indicating love or sexual desire) · fr amoureux (inclined to love) · pl zakochany (affected with love) · el ερωτικός (indicating love or sexual desire) · sk milostný (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · de verliebt (inclined to love) · bg влю́бен (affected with love) · ko 사랑의 (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · ro înamorat (affected with love) · tg ишқӣ (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · ro amoros (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · kk сүйіспеншілік (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · pl miłosny (of or relating to, or produced by, love) · sk zamilovaný (affected with love) · fr amoureux (affected with love) · es concupisciente (indicating love or sexual desire) · ru в восто́рге (affected with love)