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発音

• enPR: äʹ-mə-tə-rē, ăʹ-mə-tô'-rē, IPA: /ˈɑ.mə.tə.ɹi/, /ˈæ.məˌtɔː.ɹi/
  • (英国発音) IPA: [ˈɑː.mə.tə.ɹɪ]
  • (米国発音) IPA: [ˈæ.məˌtɔɹ.i]
• ハイフネーション: a‧ma‧to‧ry
• 韻: -ɑmətəɹi, -æmətɔːɹi

形容詞

amatory (comparative more amatory, superlative most amatory)

1. Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.170:

     Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food; / But who is their purveyor from above / Heaven knows […]

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:

     In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.

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参照

• “amatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “amatory”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “amatory”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.