“amatory”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

amatory

释义

amatory, a. and n.|ˈæmətərɪ|
[ad. L. amātōri-us of or pertaining to amātor a lover.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a lover, to love-making, or to sexual love generally.
1599A. M. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physic 183/1 When any person hath eaten any amatorye fascinations.1772Sir W. Jones Poems & Ess. Pref. 11 The form of those little amatory poems.1846H. Ellis Elgin Marbles II. 109 The urn contained the ashes of some amatory poet.1858Thackeray Virgin. xxii. (1878) 175 To say that she confessed this amatory sentiment.
B. n. A love-potion, a philtre. [L. amatōrium.]
1635Heywood Hierarch. ix. 615 Magicke vanities, Exorcismes, Incantations, Amatories.1652Gaule Magastrom. 268 Exorcisms, and incantations, and amatories.1721Bailey, Amatory, a philter to cause love. [Not in Johnson.]

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