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grand passion en · NOUN
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(dated, idiomatic) Any overwhelming or intense love for a specific subject, idea, activity, hobby, etc.
But the grand passion of emancipated youth is not Woman - it is Beer.
1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 19:
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of grande passion (“a passionate love affair”).
Mr. Wells's latest novel is the story of a grand passion. Not a happy story by any means, and the final note struck is tragic in the intensity of renunciation and squandered passion.
13 Oct 1913, The Western Mail, Perth, page 48, column 1:
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