amative

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈam.ə.tɪv/ (UK)

Definition of amative

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to love; amorous.
    “His amative enthusiasm, at which he is himself laughing, and his clever, imaginative, humorous ways, contrast strongly with the sincere tenderness and dignified quietness of the woman.”
    “He was also confounded by its implication in Podson. Damme, the idea of that runt of a feller makin' up to a woman old enough to be his mother! Bradly banged pots about the stove, preparing the evening meal, to relieve himself of an outraged sense of propriety at Podson's amative presumption.”
    “His endearments were not amative or effete, but manly like Churchill's, and gave one a sense of being singled out, of having value.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₃émh₃ti Proto-Italic *amō Latin amō Latin amātus Medieval Latin amātīvusder. English amative From Medieval Latin amātīvus, from Latin amātus, perfect passive participle of amō (“love”).

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