English

Alternative forms

• amourous

Adjective

amorous ‎(comparative more amorous, superlative most amorous)

1. Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.

   an amorous disposition;  We were both feeling amorous so the inevitable happened.‎

   • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter V”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

2. Indicating love or sexual desire.

   She kept making these amorous suggestions.‎

3. Of or relating to, or produced by, love.

   She read me an amorous poem.‎

4. (dated) Affected with love; in love; enamored.

   He had been amorous of her since schooldays.‎

Synonyms

(inclined or having a propensity to love): loving; fond; affectionate

Related terms

• amour

Translations

References

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