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confessio amantis

UK/kɒnˈfɛsɪəʊ əˈmæntɪs/

confessio amantis noun: a lover’s confession.

Noun

confessio amantis (plural confessiones amantis or confessiones amantium)

  1. A lover’s confession.
    • We think we cannot do better than favour our gentle and ungentle readers with the two following letters — both from distinguished Accidental Old Maids — and addressed to two young maidens, who had no desire that any accident should intervene which might devote them to what they most erroneously...1835, Old Maids; Their Varieties, Characters, and Conditions, page 91

Forms of confessio amantis

pluralconfessiones amantis
pluralconfessiones amantium

Origin of confessio amantis

Latin: cōnfessiō (“confession”) + amantis (“of loving”, the genitive singular of amāns, “loving”, the present active participle of amō, “I love”)

Questions about confessio amantis

What does confessio amantis mean?
Confessio amantis means a lover’s confession.
What part of speech is confessio amantis?
Confessio amantis is a noun.
How do you pronounce confessio amantis?
Confessio amantis is pronounced /kɒnˈfɛsɪəʊ əˈmæntɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of confessio amantis?
The plural of confessio amantis is confessiones amantis.

Words near confessio amantis in the dictionary

  1. confessing Sam
  2. confessing Sams
  3. confessingly
  4. confessings
  5. confessio
  6. confessio amantis
  7. confession
  8. confession booth
  9. confession booths
  10. confession box
  11. confession boxes

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