amatory
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- amatorially adverb
- pseudoamatorial adjective
- pseudoamatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of amatory
1590–1600; < Latin amātōrius, equivalent to amā- (stem of amāre to love) + -tōrius -tory 1
Example Sentences
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Lapine, making his feature film debut, doesn’t have the technique to turn this amatory whirl into a lyrical roundelay.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023
With what “late-assembled court of morals”? “Biography is a collection of holes tied together with string, and nowhere more so than with the sexual and amatory life,” he writes.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2020
The contest precipitates a flurry of events: literary, amatory, monetary and minatory.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2017
Despite the let-it-all-hang-out philosophy today, I still believe this desire for privacy is a general human feeling – look at the outraged squalls of celebrities who have been outed in some amatory misdoing or other.
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2012
According to our amatory neighbours, the word ame, or soul, comes from amor and amare, and amare is derived from animare; hence animation and animal may be syllogistically referred to love.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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