passional

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or filled with passion.
  2. noun A book of the sufferings of saints and martyrs.

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  • Back, back into semi-dark, the half-conscious, the clair-obscur, where consciousness pulsed as a passional vibration, not as mind-knowledge. —  Lawrence - Kangaroo
  • I'm able to offer both passional or delicate moments in an intimate environment. ... —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • The main features and lines only of the human form have a known meaning--and not always a very precise one--for every physical, passional, mental, or spiritual force possesses an organ of expression in the visible body, and the varieties of form of this organ enable one to judge of the degrees of force they express on the earth plane. —  Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution
  • If the head bends backward it is the passional or vehement state The head inclined toward the interlocutor, denotes abandon, confidence The head turned away from the interlocutor, denotes pride, noble or base. —  Delsarte System of Oratory
  • It must indicate the nature of the interpellation, its degree and the situation of the giver and receiver of the summons in regard to each other A study of the signs which distinguish these different shades will teach us the analysis of gesture Aside from simple interpellation, the series passes successively from gratitude, devotion, etc., to anger, menace and conflict, leaving the soul at the point where it is subdued and asks forgiveness The passional or fugitive type forms the constant subject of the study of this series The Series of Gestures Applied to the Sentiments Oftenest Expressed by the Orator First Gesture. —  Delsarte System of Oratory
 

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  1. from Old French passional, passionnel = Italian passionale = Portuguese passional, n., from Middle Latin passionalis, passionale, n., book containing sufferings of the martyrs, from Late Latin passionalis, susceptible of passion or suffering, from Latin passio(n-), suffering, passion: see passion.
 

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