grande passion

noun

An overwhelming love affair or infatuation for someone.

OriginFrench grande passion →
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Meanings

noungrande passion (plural grandes passions)

plural grandes passions

  1. An overwhelming love affair or infatuation for someone.

    ‘A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do.’

    1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 45
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    And if in fact she takes to a grande passion, / It is a very serious thing indeed: / Nine times in ten 't is but caprice or fashion, / Coquetry, or a wish to take the lead […].

    1823, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section XII

    He then said that she was the daughter of a French opera dancer, Céline Varens, toward whom he once cherished what he called a "grande passion".

    1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Origin

  1. Frenchgrande passion“great passion”
  2. Englishgrande passion

From French grande passion (“great passion”).

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