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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amorous /ˈam(ə)rəs/

▶adjective showing or feeling sexual desire.

– derivatives
amorously adverb,
amorousness noun.

– origin ME: via OFr. from med. L. amorosus, from L. amor ‘love’.

'amorous' also found in these Oxford entries:

address - advance - amoroso - amoroso - love - pass - romance - sheep - smoodge - snog - spoon - spoony - toy

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