Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Love; affection; friendship; especially, love toward one of the opposite sex: now only in the form amour (which see).
- noun [capitalized] [L.] In Roman mythology, the god of love; Cupid.
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- noun (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros
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Examples
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"Take this to Father Domenico from me," said Dionea, breaking off a twig of myrtle starred over with white blossom; and raising her head with that smile like the twist of a young snake, she sang out in a high guttural voice a strange chant, consisting of the word _Amor -- amor -- amor_.
Hauntings Vernon Lee 1895
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_ingol, amor a, ilopan a_ and on line 2: _enoiganod al_ are obviously in cipher and the solution is a simple one; by reading them backwards we find for _ingol_: logni-probably _longi_, evidently the name of a person; for _amor a_: _a Roma_, for _ilopan a_: _a Napoli_.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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_ingol, amor a, ilopan a_ and on line 2: _enoiganod al_ are obviously in cipher and the solution is a simple one; by reading them backwards we find for _ingol_: logni-probably _longi_, evidently the name of a person; for _amor a_: _a Roma_, for _ilopan a_: _a Napoli_.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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The Chicho experience was my first encounter in amor a la Mexicana, but hardly the last.
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Ms. MONTE: Perdoa meu amor, which is a song - it's the oldest song in the record, was composed in '44.
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I love the child, with what may he called amor naturalis -- or rather paternus -- the affection of a father. "
The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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He must be loved chiefly for himself; which the schoolmen call amor amicitiae.
The Ten Commandments 1692
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As for the "amor" in the game title, there's also a bit of a dating show aspect to the evening.
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It says "amor" (love) - and "y odio" (and hate) in mirror-writing.
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Shulman tells how, in the months after Scott’s accident, she came to understand the Latin phrase amor fati, which means “to love what is” or “to love your fate.”
jmoreno commented on the word amor
O Amor é a cura para todas as doenças; o remédio para todos os males; tudo aquilo que falta a quem falta algo. No final, todo o mal é sempre um mal de Amor
January 13, 2007
oroboros commented on the word amor
Spanish: love
September 12, 2007