amorous

Etymology

From Middle English amorous, amerous (14th century), from Old French amoros, amoreus, from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, from Latin amor (“love”), related to amāre (“to love”). Compare French amoureux (“in love”).

adj

1. Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
   an amorous disposition
   We were both feeling amorous so the inevitable happened.
2. Indicating love or sexual desire.
   She kept making these amorous suggestions.
   There was no tune to it, only amorous gruntings like those of some old satyr who had furnished music for Circe's revels. 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 218
3. Of or relating to, or produced by, love.
   She read me an amorous poem.
4. (dated) Affected with love; in love; enamored.
   He had been amorous of her since schooldays.