amatory

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or expressive of love, especially sexual love: an amatory mood; an amatory embrace.

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  • Go to, Ab Gwilym, with thy pseudo-amatory odes, to Morfydd, or this or that other lady, fair or ugly—little didst thou care for any of them; Dame Nature was thy love, however thou mayest seek to disguise the truth. —  Lavengro
  • Go to, Ab Gwilym, with thy pseudo-amatory odes, to Morfydd, or this or that other lady, fair or ugly; little didst thou care for any of them, Dame Nature was thy love, however thou mayest seek to disguise the truth. —  Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
  • Go to, Ab Gwilym, with thy pseudo-amatory odes, to Morfydd, or this or that other lady, fair or ugly--little didst thou care for any of them; Dame Nature was thy love, however thou mayest seek to disguise the truth. —  Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2)
  • His temperament was certainly affectionate--if not absolutely amatory: he certainly never missed an opportunity where a kiss was practicable But stay! —  Pickwickian Manners and Customs
  • These are mainly amatory, and all indelicate, while some are as coarse as anything in French literature. —  The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1
 

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  1. Latin amātōrius, from amātor, lover; see amateur.

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  1. from Latin amatorius, pertaining to love or a lover, from amator, a lover: see amateur. Cf. amorous.
 

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