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amour

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5 lettersPronunciation /əˈmʊə/Part of speech nounSorted amoruStarts with AEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English amour, from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor. The modern pronunciation is due to continual French influence; the expected pronunciation would be /ˈæmə(ɹ)/; compare enamour, enamoured.

Used in a sentence

  • Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all—and yet there's something in that voice of hers….
  • Jones had mentioned the Fact of his Amour, and of his being the Rival of Blifil, but had cautiously concealed the Name of the young Lady.
  • The amours of the greater scaup are, if anything, even more varied.

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