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passionate

  • adjective
  • pas·sion·ate
  • /ˈpæʃənɪt/

Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.

Example

“Mandy is a passionate lover.”

Other meanings

  1. Fired with intense feeling.

  2. Suffering; sorrowful.

Example sentences

  • “What causes are you passionate about?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Medieval Latin "passiōnātus" (affected, impassioned, libidinous, easely angered).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “passionate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.