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grande passion

noun

Etymology

From French grande passion (“great passion”).

  1. derived from grande passion

Definitions

  1. An overwhelming love affair or infatuation for someone.

    • And if in fact she takes to a grande passion, / It is a very serious thing indeed: / Nine times in ten 't is but caprice or fashion, / Coquetry, or a wish to take the lead […].
    • He then said that she was the daughter of a French opera dancer, Céline Varens, toward whom he once cherished what he called a "grande passion".
    • ‘A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do.’

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