Etymology

impassionate

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Today it means: Filled with passion; impassioned Full definition →

Italian impassionato
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impassionate · adjective1

  1. Italian · borrowed fromimpassionato
  2. English todayimpassionate

From Italian impassionato. By surface analysis, in- (“into”) + passion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

impassionate · verb2

From the above adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Equivalent to in- (“into”) + passion + -ate.

impassionate · adjective3

From im- (“not”) + passionate.

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