amatory
Syllables: a·ma·to·ry/ˈɑ.mə.tə.ɹi/UK[ˈɑː.mə.tə.ɹɪ]
amatory adjective: of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
Adjective
amatory (comparative more amatory, superlative most amatory)
- Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
- Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food; / But who is their purveyor from above / Heaven knows […]1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.170
- In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14
amatory meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
amatory in Hindi
- amatory
- इश्क़िया iśqiyā
amatory in Tamil
- காதலுக்குரிய, காதல் விளைக்கிற, காதலருக்குரிய
amatory in Urdu
- amatory
- عشقیہ iśqiyā
amatory in Bengali
- প্রেম
More languagesFewer languages
- amatory in Malayalam
- സംഭോഗസംബന്ധിയായ, ലെെംഗികമായ, ഭോഗ, ഭോഗത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ച
Examples of amatory in a sentence
- Laurel leaves were used in the Orient to promote amatory exercise.
- The pounded leaves of the willow, drunk in a concoction, were formerly reputed to diminish amatory desires.
- Petrarch’s amatory conflict blurs into an ideological one about the poet’s responsibilities to the structures of power in his time.
Forms of amatory
| comparative | more amatory |
|---|---|
| superlative | most amatory |
Origin of amatory
From Latin amātōrius (“pertaining to love or a lover”, adjective), from amātor (“a lover”), from amō (“to love”).
Words formed from amatory
Questions about amatory
- What does amatory mean?
- Amatory means of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
- What is amatory in Hindi?
- Amatory in Hindi is इश्क़िया (iśqiyā). See Amatory meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is amatory?
- Amatory is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce amatory?
- Amatory is pronounced /ˈɑ.mə.tə.ɹi/.
Words near amatory in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: amatory (page history and authors); इश्क़िया (Hindi) (page history and authors); amatory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); عشقیہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); amatory (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amatory (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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