passional

[ pash-uh-nl ]

/ ˈpæʃ ə nl /

adjective

of, relating to, or marked by passion.

caused or accompanied by passion: a passional crime.

noun

a book containing descriptions of the sufferings of saints and martyrs, for reading on their festivals.

Nearby words

passion fruit, passion pit, passion play, passion sunday, passion week, passional, passionary, passionate, passionflower, passionfruit, passionist

Origin of passional

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin passiōnālis, equivalent to Late Latin passiōn- passion + Latin -ālis -al¹; (noun) < Medieval Latin passiōnāle, noun use of neuter of passiōnālis

Related forms

trans·pas·sion·al, adjective

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Examples from the Web for passional

The shoulders are the thermometer of the sensitive and passional life.
Delsarte System of Oratory|Various
I have a passional nature which requires satisfaction, and that would find it in him.
The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2|Edward Tyas Cook
The conflict is in pure, passional antagonism, turning upon the poles of belief.
Touch and Go|D. H. Lawrence
Was it merely a phase of the passional relation between the sexes, or had it some deeper and more mysterious significance?
A Positive Romance|Edward Bellamy

These forms, which we will call accidental, passional or transitory, are fugitive as the things which give them birth.
Delsarte System of Oratory|Various

British Dictionary definitions for passional

passional

/ (ˈpæʃənəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, or due to passion or the passions

noun

a book recounting the sufferings of Christian martyrs or saints

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