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Meaning of AMORIST

Pronunciation:  'amurist

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 Definition: [n]  one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love
 
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 See Also: afficionado, buff, devotee, fan, lover

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Am"o*rist\, n. [L. armor love. See {Amorous}.]
A lover; a gallant. [R.] --Milton.
      It was the custom for an amorist to impress the name of
      his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with
      letters fixed upon his shoe.             --Southey.
 
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