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English
Etymology
From Latin amatorius, from amare (“to love”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
amatorious (comparative more amatorious, superlative most amatorious)
- (obsolete) amatory
1649, J Milton, chapter I, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ , 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,
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