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passionate

adj
/ˈpæʃənɪt//ˈpæʃəneɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English passionat, from Medieval Latin passiōnātus (“affected, impassioned, libidinous, easely angered”). Equivalent to passion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French passionné.

  1. derived from passiōnātus
  2. inherited from passionat

Definitions

  1. Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.

    • Mandy is a passionate lover.

  2. Fired with intense feeling.

  3. Suffering

    Suffering; sorrowful.

    • She is sad and passionate at your highness’ tent.
    • Poor, forlorn Proteus, passionate Proteus,
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.

      • Great pleasure mixt with pittifull regard, / That godly King and Queene did passionate [...].

    2. To express with great emotion.

      • Thy niece and I, poor creatures, want our hands / And cannot passionate our tenfold grief / with folded arms.

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Derived

nonpassionate, overpassionate, passionate friendship, passionately, passionateness, unpassionate

Vish — recursive loop

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

5 hops · closes at passionate

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

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