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AMORIST
amorist
(noun) one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
amorist (plural amorists)
Someone who is in love.
Someone who writes about love.
Anagrams
• Artsiom, moritas
Source: Wiktionary
Am"o*rist, n. Etym: [L. armor love. See Amorous.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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