amorevolous
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian amorevole + -ous, from Latin amor (“love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌæm.ə.ˈɹɛ.və.ləs/
- Rhymes: -ɛvələs
Adjective
amorevolous (comparative more amorevolous, superlative most amorevolous)
- (obsolete) affectionate; loving.
- 1913, Malcolm Charles Salaman, French colour-prints of the XVIII century:
- How instantly he lets us realise the comic vanity and self-satisfaction of the uxorious old fool, so easily deceived by the picture, and his flirtatious young wife's spirited enjoyment of her amorevolous frolic.
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References
- 2007, Joseph T. Shipley, Dictionary of Early English, Philosophical Library