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amorousness|ˈæmərəsnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being amorous or inclined to love; fondness of the opposite sex; lovingness.
1580Sidney Arcadia (1622) 160 Iealousie of his amourousnesse. a1631Donne Select. (1840) 30 What doth thy holy amorousness, thy holy covetousness..most carry thy desire upon? 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. v. ix. (1675) 332 Lindamor has Wit and Amorousness enough..to defend fair Ladies. 1755in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts. |