amorous
adjective
inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love.
amorousness
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a word derived from
amorous.
Example Sentences
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What the gods give they possibly conceal, for the average reader will not notice a superfluity of either amorousness or strength in Tony's character.
From Time Magazine Archive
He planned to have park-users sign a pledge, reading: "I will refrain from any action, posture or public display of amorousness that might be offensive to others or could set a bad example to children."
From Time Magazine Archive
The craving for escape may be, and usually is, answered by sentimental romance, where every emotion, from patriotism to amorousness, is mawkish and unreal.
From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Henry Seidel Canby
For Hunt’s undercurrent of friendship and cheerfulness were substituted Byron’s prevailing notes of amorousness and melancholy.
From Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats by Barnette Miller
He pictured all the passions of the earth since the Fall, from the devouring amorousness of Time's Revenges to the despotic fantasy of Instans Tyrannus; but he remained himself an Englishman of the middle class.
From Robert Browning by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
