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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian amorevole + -ous, from Latin amor (“love”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
amorevolous (comparative more amorevolous, superlative most amorevolous)
- (obsolete) affectionate; loving.
1913, Malcolm Charles Salaman, French colour-prints of the XVIII century:How instantly he lets us realise the comic vanity and self-satisfaction of the uxorious old fool, so easily deceived by the picture, and his flirtatious young wife's spirited enjoyment of her amorevolous frolic.
References
- Joseph T. Shipley (2007) Dictionary of Early English, Philosophical Library