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Webster 1913 Edition


Amatory

Am′a-to-ry

,
Adj.
Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love;
as,
amatory
potions
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Amatory

AM'ATORY

,
Adj.
[L. amatorius, from amo, to love.]
1.
Relating to love; as, amatorial verses; causing love; as, amatory potions; produced by sexual intercourse; as, amatorial progeny.
2.
In anatomy, a term applied to the oblique muscles of the eye, from their use in ogling.

Definition 2024


amatory

amatory

English

Adjective

amatory (comparative more amatory, superlative most amatory)

  1. Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.170:
      Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food; / But who is their purveyor from above / Heaven knows [...].

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References

  • amatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • amatory in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • amatory at OneLook Dictionary Search