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passionate
English
Etymology
From Middle English passionat, from Medieval Latin passionatus, past participle of passionare (“to be affected with passion”); see passion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pæ??n?t/, /?pæ??n?t/
- Hyphenation: pas?sion?ate
Adjective
passionate (comparative more passionate, superlative most passionate)
- Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
- Fired with intense feeling.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon, and other Poems on several Occasions, Preface, in Samuel Johnson (editor), The Works of the English Poets, London: J. Nichols, Volume 31, 1779, p. 93,[1]
- Homer intended to shew us, in his Iliad, that dissentions amongst great men obstruct the execution of the noblest enterprizes […] His Achilles therefore is haughty and passionate, impatient of any restraint by laws, and arrogant of arms.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon, and other Poems on several Occasions, Preface, in Samuel Johnson (editor), The Works of the English Poets, London: J. Nichols, Volume 31, 1779, p. 93,[1]
- (obsolete) Suffering; sorrowful.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, II. i. 544:
- She is sad and passionate at your highness’ tent.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, I. ii. 124:
- Poor, forlorn Proteus, passionate Proteus,
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, II. i. 544:
Synonyms
- (fired with intense feeling): ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, hotheaded, impassioned, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid
Derived terms
- passionate friendship
Related terms
- passion
- passive
- passivity
- patience
- patient
Translations
Noun
passionate (plural passionates)
- A passionate individual.
Verb
passionate (third-person singular simple present passionates, present participle passionating, simple past and past participle passionated)
- (obsolete) To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
- Great pleasure mixt with pittifull regard, / That godly King and Queene did passionate [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
- (obsolete) To express with great emotion.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus, III. ii. 6:
- Thy niece and I, poor creatures, want our hands / And cannot passionate our tenfold grief / with folded arms.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus, III. ii. 6:
Further reading
- passionate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- passionate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Adjective
passi?n?te
- vocative masculine singular of passi?n?tus
References
- passionate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Adjective
passionate
- Alternative form of passionat
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feverish
English
Etymology
From fever +? -ish.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fi?.v?.???/
- (US) IPA(key): /?fi.v?.??/
Adjective
feverish (comparative more feverish, superlative most feverish)
- Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.
- The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses.
- Filled with excess energy.
- He worked with feverish excitement.
- Morbidly eager.
- a feverish desire to see her again
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- feverish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- feverish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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