amatorial
- a variation of amatory.
Example Sentences
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There was no dispute of methods between Jones and Hopkins in the amatorial realm, like that which divided them in matters piscatorial.
From Days Off And Other Digressions by Van Dyke, Henry
Yet, perhaps They are happiest who can longest disbelieve in the impossibility of this amatorial fusion; for it may be that such Incredulity is favorable to romance.
From Hints for Lovers by Haultain, T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold)
An Italian critic, following a division made by Plotinus, has distributed the poets into three classes, which he calls the musical, the amatorial, and the philosophic.
From Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives by Cary, Henry Francis
The bachelor and the spinster both sometimes wonder that the benedick and the bride are still their rivals; for they know not that In the amatorial art, matrimony is no handicap.
From Hints for Lovers by Haultain, T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold)
The amatorial poet even designates the spots hallowed by his passion; he first saw her at Hunsdon, Windsor chased him from her sight, and at Hampton Court “first wished her for mine!”
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
