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AMATORIOUS

Definition: AMATORIOUS

AMATORIOUS

Adjective

1. Amatory.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "AMATORIOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1833. (references)

Etymology: Amatorious \Am`a*to"ri*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression amatorius, from amare to love.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: AMATORIOUS

Etymologies containing "AMATORIOUS": Amatorial. (references)

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Rhyming with "AMATORIOUS"

Words rhyming with "AMATORIOUS" (pronounced 'Am`a*to"ri*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: AMATORIOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-i-m-o-o-r-s-t-u"

-2 letters: timaraus, timorous.

-3 letters: amorist, amorous, amritas, atriums, outsoar, riotous, samurai, sautoir, tamaris, timarau, tourism, traumas.

-4 letters: amours, amrita, amusia, aorist, aortas, arioso, arista, aristo, aromas, asarum, atrium, aurist, autism, miaous, motors, ostium, ramous, ratios, riatas, rimous, satori, somata, souari, stroma, struma, suitor, tamari, tarsia, tiaras, torous, trauma, truism, tumors.

-5 letters: airts, amias, amirs, amort.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-m-o-o-r-s-t-u"
 

+3 letters: carcinomatous.

 

+4 letters: autoradiograms, neuroanatomies, neuroanatomist.

 

+5 letters: neuroanatomists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AMATORIOUS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4D 41 54 4F 52 49 4F 55 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    --    .-    -    ---    .-.    ..    ---    ..-    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001101 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 01001001 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#77 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#73 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004D 0041 0054 004F 0052 0049 004F 0055 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35473554495243495553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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