amorousadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈam(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˈæm(ə)rəs/

Forms: Middle English amerouse, Middle English amerowse, Middle English amerus, Middle English amirous, Middle English amorouse, Middle English amorows, Middle English–1500s amerous, Middle English–1500s amoros, Middle English–1500s amorus, Middle English–1500s amourouse, Middle English–1600s 1900s– amourous (now rare), Middle English– amorous, 1500s amarouse, 1500s amerows, 1500s amerrous, 1500s amoureus, 1500s–1600s amarous, 1600s amorose, 1600s amrows (Scottish). N.E.D. (1884) also records a form Middle English amerose.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French amorous.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman amerus, amorus, amoreus, Anglo-Norman and Old French amerous, amoros, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French amorous, Middle French amereus, amoureus, amourous (Middle French, French amoureux ) (adjective) lovable, charming, loving, in love (all 12th cent.), (of a person) devoted to or preoccupied by love (second half of the 13th cent.), (of a poem, song, etc.) on the subject of love (c1300), (more generally) of or relating to love (mid 14th cent.), charitable, compassionate (on account of religious devotion) (a1403), (noun) lover (late 12th cent.) < post-classical Latin amorosus devoted to or preoccupied by love (13th cent.; from 14th cent. in British sources), worthy of being loved (from 13th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin amōr love (see Amor n.) + -ōsus -ous suffix.Compare Old Occitan amoros, Catalan amoròs (13th cent.), Spanish amoroso (mid 13th cent.), Portuguese amoroso (13th cent.), Italian amoroso (13th cent.), and also ( < French) Middle Dutch amoreus (Dutch amoureus), German amourös (1540 as amorues).

A. adj.

a. Of a person: feeling or expressing love (now esp. sexual love or desire) for a particular person or thing; in love, full of love. Also figurative of an inanimate thing.

(a) Without construction.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective]

amorousc1330

in love (with)a1398

in amours1523

passionate1534

browden1597

inamorate1606

enamoureda1631

épris1793

that way1865

kissy1873

pash1920

potty1923

keen1936

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1142 Namore wostow of armes loue..So amerous þou were anon riȝt.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 1189 This amerous quien.

a1475 in Anglia (1911) 34 246 A ladyes gret beaute Thorough whiche thou art becommen amerous..Whiche maketh the haply right dolerous.

a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 54 The thirde knyght is wondir amerous, and loveth you passyng wele.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 103 O I beleeue that vnsubstanciall death, Is amorous, and doth court my loue.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. i. 61 Our fine Musitian groweth amorous .

1656 A. Cowley Poems ii. 79 The amo'rous Waves would fain about her stay.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 78. ⁋4 The young Lady was amorous, and had like to run away with her Father's Coachman.

1773 Town & Country Mag. Oct. 531/1 Miss Newman..by her whole deportment rendered her..amorous admirer, doubly eager to be ‘blest’ with her.

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall II. 24 The amorous frog piped from among the rushes.

1870 Dundee Courier & Argus 9 Mar. The ‘momentous question’ was speedily ‘popped’, and the amorous shopkeeper was gratified.

1918 J. Thurber Let. 16 July (2002) 16 I haven't the heart to appear less amourous than I was during the moonlight madness of those few dates.

1996 J. G. Ballard Cocaine Nights (1998) iv. 57 An amorous couple were testing the locked doors in the corridor.

†(b) With on, upon, specifying the object of love. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).

ΚΠ

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 784 This Squyer..On Dorigen þ^t was so amorus.

1477 W. Caxton in Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (1877) lf. 73^v He was amerous on somme noble lady.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lii. 175 A vyllayne..on whom she was amorous.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 145 Sure my brother is amorous on Hero.

1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant i, in Poems (new ed.) 17 Being amorous on that lovely die That did thy cheek envermeil.

1705 J. Browne Secret Hist. Queen Zarah 75 He had formerly been very Amorous upon her.

1886 A. Machen tr. M. de Navarre Heptameron 374 At the moment in which she perceived him to be most amorous on her she turned away from him.

ΚΠ

c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 27 He [sc. Narcisus] was soo amorous and assottid of himself.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 101 (MED) Hur husband broþer fell amoros of hur.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxx. 160 There came another knyght, whiche also was amerous of that lady.

a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) 802 Thou woldest be..of me so amerowse.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 56/2 Among those y^t were more amorous of her body then curious of her soule.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 204 And made The water..to follow faster; As amorous of their strokes.

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 212 One must be very amorous of a Truth, to search after it at that Price.

?1780 W. Hurd New Universal Hist. Relig. Rites 332/1 His master's wife became amorous of his beauty.

1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 58 Thy roses amorous of the moon.

1894 A. Douglas tr. O. Wilde Salomé 21 I am amorous of thy body, Iokanaan!

1946 H. J. Rose Anc. Greek Relig. iv. 70 Hades was amorous of Kore, daughter of Demeter, and carried her off to the underworld.

1993 L. Schiebinger in M. Benjamin Question of Identity 144 The story of an ape that grew so amorous of a celebrated beauty..that neither chains, confinement, nor punishment could keep him in check.

†(d) With in, specifying the object of love. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 392 He was amorous in Poetry, and Musick, to which he indulged the greatest part of his time.

b. Of a person: devoted to or preoccupied by love, sex, or flirtation; frequently in love; (sometimes more strongly) lascivious; promiscuous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > (of persons) inclined to love

lovelyc1225

amorousa1393

lovesome1575

nutty1819

amatorious1893

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 745 Which of the tuo more amorous is, Or man or wif.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 7987 (MED) Þyr was a prest ryȝt amerous [Fr. amerus],—And amerous men are lechours.

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xiv. f. 89 I purpose then to vnlace the dissolute liues of three amorouse dames.

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vi. 2585 Doth..captive the hart Of amarous ladies.

1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 22 Thou wanton sybil, thou amorous woman of Endor.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. ii, in Poems 89 Sir Edward Archer is an amorous Knight.

1855 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 375 He was an amorous jester, a sentimental epicure.

1970 J. O. Bailey Poetry T. Hardy i. 526 The Earls of Ilchester..are reputed to have been rovingly amorous.

2010 Financial Times 18 Dec. 15 As an amorous young adult, he was universally known as Lord Cupid. His romantic scrapes became both legendary and notorious.

c. Of, relating to, or characterized by love (now esp. sexual love or desire); involving or characteristic of love or desire.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > of or relating to sexual love

amorousc1405

amatory1571

Venerean1575

amatorious1587

venerous1587

venereous1611

venerious1620

erotical1621

Anacreontic1640

erotic1668

gallant1673

un-Platonic1726

amatorian1779

pandemian1818

pandemica1822

genesial1848

aphrodisian1860

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1997 In the selue groue swoote and grene..he hadde hise amorouse desires.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iv. l. 1431 Þer-with hem bi-twene By-gan for Ioye þe amorouse daunce.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 4182 What schuld I write þe reuel & þe daunces..Þe stole touchis, þe lokis amerous, þe prevy gruchyng of hem þat wer Ielous.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. xxxj/2 The holy institucion of this amerous sacrament shold be the more honourably halowed.

?1495 J. Lydgate St. Petronilla (Pynson) l. 123 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 158 Nightyngalys with amerous notys clere Salueth Esperus.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxvi. 72 His eyen gray and amorous.

1567 T. Drant in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie To Rdr. sig. *v^v So greate a scull of amarouse Pamphlets.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 8 Louers can see to do their amorous rights, And by their owne bewties.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 44 France and Burgundy, Great ryuals in our youngest daughters loue, Long in our Court haue made their amorous soiourne.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. §4. 272 Sow-bread..is a good amorous medicine, and will make one in love.

1741 H. Walpole Let. 2 Nov. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 24 The poor Princess, and her conjugal and amorous distresses.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 182. ⁋7 Not being accustomed to amorous blandishments.

1810 Lady's Monthly Museum Dec. 306 When lovers are together, their speeches, amorous glances, actions, and gestures will betray them.

1901 Sewanee Rev. 9 401 ‘The Sorrows of Werther’, with its intensity of amorous despair.

1964 P. Highsmith Glass Cell vi. 52 Perhaps Sullivan would be paying Hazel compliments and giving her affectionate, even amorous looks.

1996 J. Morgan Debrett's New Guide Etiquette & Mod. Manners 192 Young people led much more supervised lives and taxis were one of the few places private enough for amorous encounters.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Apr. 26/4 A girl called Fanny Price who rejects the amorous advances of a smooth-talking baronet.

†2. Without implication of romantic or sexual desire: full of (esp. religious) devotion; devoted, ardent. In early use also with of, on. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [adjective]

lovesomeOE

lovelyOE

amorousa1393

lovinga1450

lovingly1493

beloving1549

amorevolousa1670

romantic1866

amorist1882

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1414 (MED) Of armes he was desirous, Chivalerous and amorous.

a1450 in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 93 On Ihesu she [sc. my soule] is amerous and ful auysed.

a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 419 By þe victory of the crosse & by þe vertu of þi holy passion & þin amorous deþe.

1620 T. Matthew tr. St. John of Avila Audi Filia lxxiv. 371 Doe thou beseech our Lord, that he will send thee light of the Holy Ghost, which may impart to thee, an amorous, and compassiue feeling.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 145 An amorous vehemence against sin.

a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 187 With attention, and amorous assiduity.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. iii. ii. 87 The amorous quest of the soul after the Good.

†3. Lovely, agreeable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [adjective]

lieflyOE

lovesomeOE

lovelyOE

leesomec1200

loveful?c1225

love-worthc1225

loveworthya1250

amiablea1375

lovablec1422

amorousa1425

amable1492

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 2901 It is thyng most amerous..Forto a swage a mannes sorowe To sene his lady by the morwe.

1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Diii Oh she is a mynion of amorous hewe.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. l. 21259 His wyfe..buir to him ane virgin amorus.

1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. K2^v Iack. Dap. Here's most amorous weather my Lord. Omnes. Amorous weather. Iac. Dap. Is not amorous a good word?

B. n.

†1. A lover; an amorous person. Cf. amoroso n.¹ 1, amorosa n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun]

friendOE

lovendOE

lotebyc1330

lovera1382

honeyc1405

amorousa1492

belovera1492

amant1508

fantasera1547

mate1549

Romeo?1566

inamorato1592

amorite1597

amorettoc1600

inamorate1602

amorado1607

enamorate1607

amoroso1616

admirer1640

passionate1651

brother starling1675

sweethearter1854

lovebird1858

mateya1864

jelly roll1895

lovekin1896

main squeeze1896

lovekins1920

romancer1923

playmate1928

heartthrob1929

bae2006

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xli. f. lxii^v/2 How ofte she hathe..made fayre herself for to playse her amourouse or loues.

a1500 Sir Degrevant (Cambr.) (1949) l. 671 Sir Degriuaunt þat amerus Had joy of þat syȝth.

1564 J. Martiall Treat. Crosse f. 138^v To get hym a paramour, and amorouse or doxie.

2. With plural agreement (usually with the): amorous people, as a class.

ΚΠ

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. l. 233 To beyt thir amorus of thar nychtis baill.

1585 S. Daniel tr. P. Giovio Worthy Tract contayning Disc. Imprese sig. B.iiii^v The Ladie..often wore..Candleflyes all dispersed, wrought in embrodery of gold,..warning thereby the amourous that they approach not too neere her fire.

1640 R. Brathwait Two Lancs. Lovers (title page) Stored with no lesse variety of discourse To delight the Generous, then of serious advice to instruct the Amorous.

1772 M. Wodhull Poems ii. v. 222 Venus for the amorous, for the brave Mars, God of battle.

1836 W. J. Neale Priors of Prague I. xviii. 206 The amorous were flirting to their heart's content.

1918 C. H. Grandgent Power of Dante iii. 85 The souls of the amorous are cleansing themselves by marching through fire.

2005 N. Gordon Murder Alfresco x. 85 They [sc. concrete bunkers]..served as..covert make-out and quickie spots for the amorous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amorous
释义	amorousadj.n. Brit. /ˈam(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˈæm(ə)rəs/ Forms: Middle English amerouse, Middle English amerowse, Middle English amerus, Middle English amirous, Middle English amorouse, Middle English amorows, Middle English–1500s amerous, Middle English–1500s amoros, Middle English–1500s amorus, Middle English–1500s amourouse, Middle English–1600s 1900s– amourous (now rare), Middle English– amorous, 1500s amarouse, 1500s amerows, 1500s amerrous, 1500s amoureus, 1500s–1600s amarous, 1600s amorose, 1600s amrows (Scottish). N.E.D. (1884) also records a form Middle English amerose. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French amorous. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman amerus, amorus, amoreus, Anglo-Norman and Old French amerous, amoros, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French amorous, Middle French amereus, amoureus, amourous (Middle French, French amoureux ) (adjective) lovable, charming, loving, in love (all 12th cent.), (of a person) devoted to or preoccupied by love (second half of the 13th cent.), (of a poem, song, etc.) on the subject of love (c1300), (more generally) of or relating to love (mid 14th cent.), charitable, compassionate (on account of religious devotion) (a1403), (noun) lover (late 12th cent.) < post-classical Latin amorosus devoted to or preoccupied by love (13th cent.; from 14th cent. in British sources), worthy of being loved (from 13th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin amōr love (see Amor n.) + -ōsus -ous suffix.Compare Old Occitan amoros, Catalan amoròs (13th cent.), Spanish amoroso (mid 13th cent.), Portuguese amoroso (13th cent.), Italian amoroso (13th cent.), and also ( < French) Middle Dutch amoreus (Dutch amoureus), German amourös (1540 as amorues). A. adj. 1. a. Of a person: feeling or expressing love (now esp. sexual love or desire) for a particular person or thing; in love, full of love. Also figurative of an inanimate thing. (a) Without construction. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] amorousc1330 in love (with)a1398 in amours1523 passionate1534 browden1597 inamorate1606 enamoureda1631 épris1793 that way1865 kissy1873 pash1920 potty1923 keen1936 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1142 Namore wostow of armes loue..So amerous þou were anon riȝt. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 1189 This amerous quien. a1475 in Anglia (1911) 34 246 A ladyes gret beaute Thorough whiche thou art becommen amerous..Whiche maketh the haply right dolerous. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 54 The thirde knyght is wondir amerous, and loveth you passyng wele. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 103 O I beleeue that vnsubstanciall death, Is amorous, and doth court my loue. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. i. 61 Our fine Musitian groweth amorous . View more context for this quotation 1656 A. Cowley Poems ii. 79 The amo'rous Waves would fain about her stay. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 78. ⁋4 The young Lady was amorous, and had like to run away with her Father's Coachman. 1773 Town & Country Mag. Oct. 531/1 Miss Newman..by her whole deportment rendered her..amorous admirer, doubly eager to be ‘blest’ with her. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall II. 24 The amorous frog piped from among the rushes. 1870 Dundee Courier & Argus 9 Mar. The ‘momentous question’ was speedily ‘popped’, and the amorous shopkeeper was gratified. 1918 J. Thurber Let. 16 July (2002) 16 I haven't the heart to appear less amourous than I was during the moonlight madness of those few dates. 1996 J. G. Ballard Cocaine Nights (1998) iv. 57 An amorous couple were testing the locked doors in the corridor. †(b) With on, upon, specifying the object of love. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.). ΚΠ c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 784 This Squyer..On Dorigen þ^t was so amorus. 1477 W. Caxton in Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (1877) lf. 73^v He was amerous on somme noble lady. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lii. 175 A vyllayne..on whom she was amorous. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 145 Sure my brother is amorous on Hero. View more context for this quotation 1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant i, in Poems (new ed.) 17 Being amorous on that lovely die That did thy cheek envermeil. 1705 J. Browne Secret Hist. Queen Zarah 75 He had formerly been very Amorous upon her. 1886 A. Machen tr. M. de Navarre Heptameron 374 At the moment in which she perceived him to be most amorous on her she turned away from him. (c) With of, specifying the object of love. Now somewhat archaic. ΚΠ c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 27 He [sc. Narcisus] was soo amorous and assottid of himself. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 101 (MED) Hur husband broþer fell amoros of hur. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxx. 160 There came another knyght, whiche also was amerous of that lady. a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) 802 Thou woldest be..of me so amerowse. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 56/2 Among those y^t were more amorous of her body then curious of her soule. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 204 And made The water..to follow faster; As amorous of their strokes. View more context for this quotation 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 212 One must be very amorous of a Truth, to search after it at that Price. ?1780 W. Hurd New Universal Hist. Relig. Rites 332/1 His master's wife became amorous of his beauty. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 58 Thy roses amorous of the moon. 1894 A. Douglas tr. O. Wilde Salomé 21 I am amorous of thy body, Iokanaan! 1946 H. J. Rose Anc. Greek Relig. iv. 70 Hades was amorous of Kore, daughter of Demeter, and carried her off to the underworld. 1993 L. Schiebinger in M. Benjamin Question of Identity 144 The story of an ape that grew so amorous of a celebrated beauty..that neither chains, confinement, nor punishment could keep him in check. †(d) With in, specifying the object of love. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 392 He was amorous in Poetry, and Musick, to which he indulged the greatest part of his time. b. Of a person: devoted to or preoccupied by love, sex, or flirtation; frequently in love; (sometimes more strongly) lascivious; promiscuous. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > (of persons) inclined to love lovelyc1225 amorousa1393 lovesome1575 nutty1819 amatorious1893 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 745 Which of the tuo more amorous is, Or man or wif. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 7987 (MED) Þyr was a prest ryȝt amerous [Fr. amerus],—And amerous men are lechours. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xiv. f. 89 I purpose then to vnlace the dissolute liues of three amorouse dames. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vi. 2585 Doth..captive the hart Of amarous ladies. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 22 Thou wanton sybil, thou amorous woman of Endor. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. ii, in Poems 89 Sir Edward Archer is an amorous Knight. 1855 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 375 He was an amorous jester, a sentimental epicure. 1970 J. O. Bailey Poetry T. Hardy i. 526 The Earls of Ilchester..are reputed to have been rovingly amorous. 2010 Financial Times 18 Dec. 15 As an amorous young adult, he was universally known as Lord Cupid. His romantic scrapes became both legendary and notorious. c. Of, relating to, or characterized by love (now esp. sexual love or desire); involving or characteristic of love or desire. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > of or relating to sexual love amorousc1405 amatory1571 Venerean1575 amatorious1587 venerous1587 venereous1611 venerious1620 erotical1621 Anacreontic1640 erotic1668 gallant1673 un-Platonic1726 amatorian1779 pandemian1818 pandemica1822 genesial1848 aphrodisian1860 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1997 In the selue groue swoote and grene..he hadde hise amorouse desires. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iv. l. 1431 Þer-with hem bi-twene By-gan for Ioye þe amorouse daunce. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 4182 What schuld I write þe reuel & þe daunces..Þe stole touchis, þe lokis amerous, þe prevy gruchyng of hem þat wer Ielous. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. xxxj/2 The holy institucion of this amerous sacrament shold be the more honourably halowed. ?1495 J. Lydgate St. Petronilla (Pynson) l. 123 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 158 Nightyngalys with amerous notys clere Salueth Esperus. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxvi. 72 His eyen gray and amorous. 1567 T. Drant in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie To Rdr. sig. v^v So greate a scull of amarouse Pamphlets. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet* iii. ii. 8 Louers can see to do their amorous rights, And by their owne bewties. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 44 France and Burgundy, Great ryuals in our youngest daughters loue, Long in our Court haue made their amorous soiourne. View more context for this quotation 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. §4. 272 Sow-bread..is a good amorous medicine, and will make one in love. 1741 H. Walpole Let. 2 Nov. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 24 The poor Princess, and her conjugal and amorous distresses. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 182. ⁋7 Not being accustomed to amorous blandishments. 1810 Lady's Monthly Museum Dec. 306 When lovers are together, their speeches, amorous glances, actions, and gestures will betray them. 1901 Sewanee Rev. 9 401 ‘The Sorrows of Werther’, with its intensity of amorous despair. 1964 P. Highsmith Glass Cell vi. 52 Perhaps Sullivan would be paying Hazel compliments and giving her affectionate, even amorous looks. 1996 J. Morgan Debrett's New Guide Etiquette & Mod. Manners 192 Young people led much more supervised lives and taxis were one of the few places private enough for amorous encounters. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Apr. 26/4 A girl called Fanny Price who rejects the amorous advances of a smooth-talking baronet. †2. Without implication of romantic or sexual desire: full of (esp. religious) devotion; devoted, ardent. In early use also with of, on. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] lovesomeOE lovelyOE amorousa1393 lovinga1450 lovingly1493 beloving1549 amorevolousa1670 romantic1866 amorist1882 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1414 (MED) Of armes he was desirous, Chivalerous and amorous. a1450 in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 93 On Ihesu she [sc. my soule] is amerous and ful auysed. a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 419 By þe victory of the crosse & by þe vertu of þi holy passion & þin amorous deþe. 1620 T. Matthew tr. St. John of Avila Audi Filia lxxiv. 371 Doe thou beseech our Lord, that he will send thee light of the Holy Ghost, which may impart to thee, an amorous, and compassiue feeling. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 145 An amorous vehemence against sin. a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 187 With attention, and amorous assiduity. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. iii. ii. 87 The amorous quest of the soul after the Good. †3. Lovely, agreeable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [adjective] lieflyOE lovesomeOE lovelyOE leesomec1200 loveful?c1225 love-worthc1225 loveworthya1250 amiablea1375 lovablec1422 amorousa1425 amable1492 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 2901 It is thyng most amerous..Forto a swage a mannes sorowe To sene his lady by the morwe. 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Diii Oh she is a mynion of amorous hewe. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. l. 21259 His wyfe..buir to him ane virgin amorus. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. K2^v Iack. Dap. Here's most amorous weather my Lord. Omnes. Amorous weather. Iac. Dap. Is not amorous a good word? B. n. †1. A lover; an amorous person. Cf. amoroso n.¹ 1, amorosa n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] friendOE lovendOE lotebyc1330 lovera1382 honeyc1405 amorousa1492 belovera1492 amant1508 fantasera1547 mate1549 Romeo?1566 inamorato1592 amorite1597 amorettoc1600 inamorate1602 amorado1607 enamorate1607 amoroso1616 admirer1640 passionate1651 brother starling1675 sweethearter1854 lovebird1858 mateya1864 jelly roll1895 lovekin1896 main squeeze1896 lovekins1920 romancer1923 playmate1928 heartthrob1929 bae2006 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xli. f. lxii^v/2 How ofte she hathe..made fayre herself for to playse her amourouse or loues. a1500 Sir Degrevant (Cambr.) (1949) l. 671 Sir Degriuaunt þat amerus Had joy of þat syȝth. 1564 J. Martiall Treat. Crosse f. 138^v To get hym a paramour, and amorouse or doxie. 2. With plural agreement (usually with the): amorous people, as a class. ΚΠ a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. l. 233 To beyt thir amorus of thar nychtis baill. 1585 S. Daniel tr. P. Giovio Worthy Tract contayning Disc. Imprese sig. B.iiii^v The Ladie..often wore..Candleflyes all dispersed, wrought in embrodery of gold,..warning thereby the amourous that they approach not too neere her fire. 1640 R. Brathwait Two Lancs. Lovers (title page) Stored with no lesse variety of discourse To delight the Generous, then of serious advice to instruct the Amorous. 1772 M. Wodhull Poems ii. v. 222 Venus for the amorous, for the brave Mars, God of battle. 1836 W. J. Neale Priors of Prague I. xviii. 206 The amorous were flirting to their heart's content. 1918 C. H. Grandgent Power of Dante iii. 85 The souls of the amorous are cleansing themselves by marching through fire. 2005 N. Gordon Murder Alfresco x. 85 They [sc. concrete bunkers]..served as..covert make-out and quickie spots for the amorous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1330
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