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Amour

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A love affair, especially an illicit one.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A love affair.

n. A lover.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Love; affection.

n. Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Love; affection; friendship.

n. Love toward one of the opposite sex.

n. A love-affair; love-making; especially, an illicit love-affair; an intrigue.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

Word Usage

"At the time of the first Kinsey study on sexuality, H.L. Mencken wrote, "All that humorless document really proves is (a) that all men lie when they are asked about their adventures in amour, and (b) that pedagogues are singularly naïve and credulous creatures.""

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sexual relationship

Cross Reference

love amour propre

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

love affection

Same Context

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