Amor
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 An asteroid that orbits between the orbits of Earth and Mars.
- 2 Alternative form of amour. alt-of, alternative
"Don Ped. That all the care I took of myself should be thrown away—never exposing myself to the night air; never fatiguing myself beyond a gentle perspiration, so careful of my diet, so regular in my hours, so chaste in my amors [originally amours], and after all this, in the evening of my days to have a long spado run through my guts, and look like a blue-breech’d fly with a corking pin sticking in it!"
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Example
More examples"I say now amo “I love”, then you say quem amas? “Whom do you love?” I say te amo “I love you” then my love falls on you, and you can say amor a te “I am loved by you”; doceo te “I teach you”, and you say: doceor a te “I am taught by you”, et cetera."
Etymology
From the type object, 1221 Amor, itself from Latin Amor, the god of love.
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Amor. This surname was introduced in England by the Normans.
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