amorist
Americannoun
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a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
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a person who writes about love.
noun
Other Word Forms
- amoristic adjective
Etymology
Origin of amorist
1575–85; < Latin amor love + -ist
Example Sentences
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The two Shaws of greatest interest are the antiwarrior and the amorist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Satiety is the bane of the amorist, and of worse than he.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
The passage has caused some critics to reproach Keats as a mere mawkish amorist indifferent to the great affairs and interests of the world.
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
Frizzy straight-cut masses that would have charmed Rossetti abounded, and one gentleman, who was pointed out to Graham under the mysterious title of an "amorist," wore his hair in two becoming plaits à la Marguerite.
From The Sleeper Awakes A Revised Edition of When the Sleeper Wakes by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Faint amorist, what, dost thou think To taste Love's honey, and not drink One dram of gall? or to devour A world of sweet, and taste no sour?
From A Defence of Poesie and Poems by Sidney, Philip, Sir
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