passionate.
Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
Meaning & usage
Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
Mandy is a passionate lover.
Fired with intense feeling.
Suffering; sorrowful.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English passionat, from Medieval Latin passiōnātus (“affected, impassioned, libidinous, easely angered”). Equivalent to passion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French passionné.
To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.
To express with great emotion.
Where this word comes from
From passion + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French passionner.
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