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passion
English
Etymology
From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“I suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to hurt”), see also Old English f?ond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic ???????????????????? (faian, “to blame”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?sh'?n, IPA(key): /?pæ??n/
- (US) IPA(key): [?p?æ??n]
- Rhymes: -æ??n
Noun
passion (countable and uncountable, plural passions)
- Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
- Fervor, determination.
- An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
- Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.
- (Christianity, usually capitalized) The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
- A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
- (obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
- (obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition
- Antonym: action
- (obsolete) The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
- (obsolete) An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.
- (obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.
Synonyms
- (fervor, determination): ardor, fire in the belly, zeal
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
passion (third-person singular simple present passions, present participle passioning, simple past and past participle passioned)
- (obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
- she passioned
To see herself escap'd from so sore ills
- she passioned
- (transitive) To give a passionate character to.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “passion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Pasions, Spinosa, saposin
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?s?ion/, [?p?s??io?n]
- Rhymes: -?s?ion
- Syllabification: pas?si?on
Noun
passion
- Genitive singular form of passio.
French
Etymology
From Middle French passion, from Old French passion, borrowed from Latin passi?, ultimately from patior. Cognate with patience.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.sj??/
Noun
passion f (plural passions)
- (countable and uncountable) passion
Derived terms
- fruit de la passion
Related terms
- compassion
- pâtir
Further reading
- “passion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
passion
- Alternative form of passioun
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French passion.
Noun
passion f (plural passions)
- passion
Descendants
- French: passion
Old English
Alternative forms
- passio
Etymology
From Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb pati (“suffer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?s.si?un/
Noun
passion f (nominative plural passione)
- passion of Christ
Descendants
- >? Middle English: passioun
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) , “passion”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “passion”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin passio, passionem.
Noun
passion f (oblique plural passions, nominative singular passion, nominative plural passions)
- passion (suffering)
- (specifically, Christianity) the ordeal endured by Jesus in order to absolve humanity of sin
Descendants
- Middle French: passion
- French: passion
- ? Middle English: passioun, pascioun, passion, passione, passioune, passiun, passyon, passyoun, passyun
- English: passion, Passion
- Scots: passion, patient
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (passion)
- passiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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vigour
English
Alternative forms
- vigor (US)
- vygour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English vigour, from Old French vigour, from vigor, from Latin vigor, from vigeo (“thrive, flourish”), from Proto-Indo-European [Term?].
Related to vigil.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?v???/
- (US) IPA(key): /?v???/
- Rhymes: -???(?)
Noun
vigour (countable and uncountable, plural vigours)
- Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
- (biology) Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
- A plant grows with vigour.
- Strength; efficacy; potency.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- But in the fruithful earth: there first receiv'd / His beams, unactive else, their vigour find.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
Usage notes
Vigour and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure.
Derived terms
- envigorate
- vigorous
- hybrid vigor/hybrid vigour
Related terms
- vegetable
- vigil
Translations
Old French
Noun
vigour m (oblique plural vigours, nominative singular vigours, nominative plural vigour)
- Alternative form of vigur
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