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amatory

American  
[am-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈæm əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
Also amatorial

adjective

  1. of or relating to lovers or lovemaking; expressive of love.

    amatory poems; an amatory look.

    Synonyms:
    passionate, ardent, amorous

amatory British  
/ ˌæməˈtɔːrɪəl, ˈæmətərɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or inciting sexual love or desire

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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)