amatorious

English

Etymology

From Latin amatorius, from amare (“to love”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəs

Adjective

amatorious (comparative more amatorious, superlative most amatorious)

1. (obsolete) amatory
   • 1649, J[ohn] Milton, chapter I, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 12:

     a Prayer ſtol'n word for word from the mouth of a Heathen Woman praying to a Heathen God; and that in no ſerious book, but in the vaine amatorious Poem of Sir Philip Sidneys Arcadia,

References

• “amatorious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.