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grande passion

grande passion noun: an overwhelming love affair or infatuation for someone.

Noun

grande passion (plural grandes passions)

  1. An overwhelming love affair or infatuation for someone.
    • And if in fact she takes to a grande passion, / It is a very serious thing indeed: / Nine times in ten 't is but caprice or fashion, / Coquetry, or a wish to take the lead […].1823, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section XII
    • He then said that she was the daughter of a French opera dancer, Céline Varens, toward whom he once cherished what he called a "grande passion".1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Forms of grande passion

pluralgrandes passions

Origin of grande passion

From French grande passion (“great passion”).

Questions about grande passion

What does grande passion mean?
Grande passion means an overwhelming love affair or infatuation for someone.
What part of speech is grande passion?
Grande passion is a noun.
What is the plural of grande passion?
The plural of grande passion is grandes passions.

Words near grande passion in the dictionary

  1. grande horizontale
  2. Grande Ile
  3. Grande Isle
  4. grande madame
  5. grande madames
  6. grande passion
  7. Grande Prairie
  8. Grande Terre
  9. grande wormwood
  10. grande école
  11. Grande Île

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