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Amor

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    An asteroid that orbits between the orbits of Earth and Mars.
  2. 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!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the type object, 1221 Amor, itself from Latin Amor, the god of love.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Amor. This surname was introduced in England by the Normans.

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