Relating to or expressing love, especially romantic or sexual love.
From Latin 'amatorius,' derived from 'amator' (lover), which comes from 'amare' (to love). The suffix '-y' was added in English to create an adjective form describing things associated with love and lovers.
This word is basically the fancy cousin of 'romantic'—poets use it to sound sophisticated when writing about love, but it's pretty rare in everyday English, which is why it feels so much more dramatic than simply saying 'loving.'
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