amoureux
amoureux noun: a lover; a romantic partner.
Noun
amoureux (plural amoureux)
- A lover; a romantic partner.
- Ogier, thinking it is the Virgin Mary, commences an Ave; but the lady tells him she is Morgue la faye, who at his birth had kissed him, and retained him for her loyal amoureux, though forgotten by him.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 78
- "Yet your mother," Rowland objected, "told me just now that you say you don't care a button for him." "Very likely! I meant as an amoureux. One does n't want a lover one pities, and one does n't want - of all things in the world - a husband who's a picturesque curiosity."1907, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, page 408
Proper noun capitalized: Amoureux
Amoureux (plural Amoureuxes)
- A surname from French.
Forms of amoureux
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | amoureux |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Amoureuxes |
Origin of amoureux
From the French. Doublet of amoroso and amorous.
Borrowed from French Amoureux.
Questions about amoureux
- What does amoureux mean?
- Amoureux means a lover; a romantic partner.
- What part of speech is amoureux?
- Amoureux can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of amoureux?
- The plural of amoureux is amoureux.
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