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amatory

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɑ.mə.tə.ɹi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aamortyStarts with AEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance

Word origin

From Latin amātōrius (“pertaining to love or a lover”, adjective), from amātor (“a lover”), from amō (“to love”).

Used in a sentence

  • Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food; / But who is their purveyor from above / Heaven knows […]
  • In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.

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