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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: Medieval Latin amorosus, from Latin amor 'love'

amorous

 adjective
     
am‧o‧rous formal
showing or concerning sexual love:
She resisted his amorous advances.
He was always boasting about his amorous adventures.
—amorously adverb
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