amour
noun/əˈmʊə/UK/əˈmʊɹ/US
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English amour, from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor. The modern pronunciation is due to continual French influence; the expected development would be /ˈæmə(ɹ)/, as seen in enamour, enamoured.
Definitions
Courtship
Courtship; flirtation.
- Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all—and yet there's something in that voice of hers….
A love affair.
- Jones had mentioned the Fact of his Amour, and of his being the Rival of Blifil, but had cautiously concealed the Name of the young Lady.
- The amours of the greater scaup are, if anything, even more varied.
A lover.
- Makes you wonder how they were able to see their amours, or their hands...
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Love, affection.
A surname from French.
The neighborhood
- neighboramorous
- neighboramourette
- neighboramour propre
- neighbord'Amour
- neighborenamour
- neighbormetamour
- neighborparamour
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for amour. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA