Assuming the appropriate name of Little, our author published in 1801, a volume of poems, chiefly amatory, which, though they established his poetical reputation, were severely censured for their warmth and licentiousness.
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Amatory
//ˈɑ.mə.tə.ɹi//
Synonyms for "amatory" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (12)
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Translations
8 translations across 7 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- amatori adj (of or relating to love, especially sexual love)
French
1 entries- amatoire adj (of or relating to love, especially sexual love)
Galician
1 entries- amatorio adj (of or relating to love, especially sexual love)
Irish
2 entries- grách adj (of or relating to love, especially sexual love)
- mianúil adj (of or relating to love, especially sexual love)
Italian
1 entries- amatorio adj (of or relating to love, especially sexual love)
Portuguese
1 entries- amatório adj (of or relating to love, especially sexual love)
Spanish
1 entries- concupisciente adj (of or relating to love, especially sexual love)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food; / But who is their purveyor from above / Heaven knows […]
Source: wiktionary
In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.
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