Definition of Amoristic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to romantic love.

Partainyms: Amorist
Derivative terms: Amorist

Definition of Amoristic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amoristic

amorant
amorce
amorces
amoret
amorets
amorette
amorettes
amoretti
amoretto
amorettos
amorini
amorino
amorism
amorisms
amorist
amoristic (current term)
amorists
amorolfin
amorolfine
amorosa
amorosas
amorosity
amoroso
amorosos
amorously
amorousnesses
amorph
amorpha

Literary usage of Amoristic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Outline of the Literature of the English Renaissance by Edwin Almiron Greenlaw (1916)
"These poems are mainly (a) sonnets in imitation of Petrarch; (6) other amoristic lyrics, introducing, with the sonnets, a new code of courtly "love"; ..."

2. A Syllabus of English Literature by Edwin Almiron Greenlaw (1912)
"These poems are mainly (a) sonnets in imitation of Petrarch; (6) other amoristic lyrics, introducing, with the sonnets, a new code, of courtly "love"; ..."

3. The Bookman (1905)
"She knows how to deal with a philosopher who regards love as an amoristic superstition, and marriage by natural selection as "delaying the advent of the ..."

4. The Precinct of Religion in the Culture of Humanity by Charles Gray Shaw (1908)
"Shall we relegate them to the memories of Eden's garden, or simply style them bits of " amoristic superstition " ? Religion is human and lays hold on man as ..."

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