Word of the Day: AMOROUS

Feeling the love

amorous (adj) - attracted to or ready for love; desiring or showing love, usually in a physical way [am-er-uhs]

BREAKDOWN: AMOR- (love) + -OUS (full of)

• amatory means pertaining to or expressive of love

• a paramour is a lover, especially in an illicit relationship

“Poetry reproduces an indefinable mood that is more amorous than love itself. Venus is not so beautiful all naked, alive, and panting, as she is here in Virgil.” —Michel de Montaigne