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passion

noun
/ˈpæʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion ▲ Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).

  1. derived from *peh₁-✻
  2. derived from passio
  3. inherited from passion
  4. derived from passion
  5. inherited from passioun

Definitions

  1. A true desire sustained or prolonged.

  2. Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.

    • We share a passion for books.
    • That was partly because of a swirling wind that made precision passing difficult and also a derby atmosphere where the emphasis seemed to be on passion rather than football.

  3. Fervor, determination.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.

      • It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion.

    2. Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.

      • We shared a night of passion.

    3. The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.

    4. A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.

    5. Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain

      Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.

      • a cardiac passion

    6. The state of being acted upon

      The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition

      • A Body at reſt affords us no Idea of any active Power to move; and when it is ſet in motion its ſelf, that Motion is rather a Paſſion, than an Action in it: [...]

    7. The capacity of being affected by external agents

      The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.

    8. An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.

      • [...] to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle.

    9. Disorder of the mind

      Disorder of the mind; madness.

      • The fit is momentary, vpon a thought / He will againe be well. If much you note him / You ſhall offend him, and extend his Paſſion, / Feed, and regard him not.

    10. To suffer pain or sorrow

      To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.

      • Dumbly she passions, frantically she doteth.
      • she passioned To see herself escap'd from so sore ills

    11. To give a passionate character to.

    12. The sufferings of Jesus Christ from the night of the Last Supper to the Crucifixion.

      • Empty bread, empty mouths, combien réaction. Empty bread, empty mouths, talk about the Passion. Not everyone can carry the weight of the world. Not everyone can carry the weight of the world.

The neighborhood

Derived

cardiac passion, counterpassion, crime of passion, dispassion, empassion, grande passion, grand passion, heat of passion, ileac passion, iliac passion, impassionate, ischiadic passion, mispassion, outpassion, pash, passional, passionate, passion flower, passion-flower, passionflower, passion fruit, passionfruit, passionful, Passionist, passion killer, passionless, passionlike, passion of a convert, passion pit, passion play, passion point, passion pop, passion potion, passionproof, passion-ridden, Passion Sunday, passiontini, passion tree, passion wagon, propassion · +4 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at passion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at passion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at passion

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA