passional
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or marked by passion.
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caused or accompanied by passion.
a passional crime.
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of passional
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin passiōnālis; equivalent to passion + -al 1; noun derivative of the adjective
Example Sentences
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But the pursuit of beauty, the attainment by "great souls" of the maximum "passional love," still seemed to him "the wonder of civilization."
From Time Magazine Archive
After I had learned other ways of life I used to brood upon the unconscious irony of those who felt that Negroes led so passional an existence!
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Much-oppressed Woman asserts her entire freedom; she insists upon her passional independence, and demands harmonial development.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various
It is forever seeking to establish tragical and satanic and passional atmospheres, to suggest immense and regal and terrific things, to gain tremendous effects.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
The theories of man's entire dependence on circumstances, of the rehabilitation of the flesh, of the passional attraction, once in everybody's mouth, have sunk into oblivion.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
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