amatory
adjUK [ˈɑː.mə.tə.ɹɪ] · US [ˈæ.məˌtɔɹ.i]
Etymology From Latin amātōrius (“pertaining to love or a lover”, adjective), from amātor (“a lover”), from amō (“to love”).
1
Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
- Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food; / But who is their purveyor from above / Heaven knows […]1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.170:
- In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:
- Derived terms
- amatorily