Meanings
adjectiveamatorious (comparative more amatorious, superlative most amatorious)
comparative more amatorious · superlative most amatorious
- obsoleteamatory
a Prayer ſtol'n word for word from the mouth of a Heathen Woman praying to a Heathen God; and that in no ſerious book, but in the vaine amatorious Poem of Sir Philip Sidneys Arcadia,
1649, J[ohn] Milton, chapter I, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 12
Origin
- Latinamatorius
- Englishamatorious
From Latin amatorius, from amare (“to love”).
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Rhymes with amatorious
gloriousnotoriousvictoriousmeritoriouslaboriousuproariousingloriouscensoriousvaingloriousdesultoriousmaritoriousmemoriousraptoriousrisoriussaltatoriousscoriousself-gloriousuncensoriousungloriousunlaboriousunvictoriousuxorious
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APA
amatorious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amatorious
MLA
“amatorious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amatorious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amatorious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amatorious.
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