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passionate adjective & noun. LME.
[medieval Latin passionatus, from Latin passio(n-): see PASSION noun, -ATE2.]
A. adjective.
Of a person: affected with or easily moved to passion or strong emotion, spec. intense sexual love or desire. LME.
S. Austin Her husband's house and garden were daily thronged with her passionate admirers. D. Macdonald He's about as passionate as a bowl of oatmeal. Willy Russell They're young, and they're passionate about things that matter.
b. Of an emotion: intense. M16.
T. Fuller He made a passionate speech, to exhort them to unite. J. F. Lehmann Glimpses of passionate devotion to his art.
c. Of an action, speech, etc.: marked by such emotion; expressive of such emotion. L16.
Easily moved to anger or rage; hot-tempered, irascible. LME.
W. Cowper A temper passionate and fierce May suddenly your joys disperse.
b. Of a person: angry, enraged. L15-E19.
c. Of an action, speech, etc.: marked by anger. L16.
J. McCarthy The debates were long, fierce and often passionate.
a. Affected with sorrow; sad. L16-M17.
b. Inclined to pity, compassionate. obsolete exc. dial. L16.
Infatuated, in love. M17-E18.
b. ellipt. as noun. A person affected with passion or strong emotion, formerly spec. love. arch. M17.
passionately adverb L16.
passionateness noun M17.