amarousadj.

Brit.

/əˈmɑːrəs/, U.S.

/əˈmɑrəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin amārus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin amārus bitter in taste or smell, acrid, shrill, harsh, acrimonious, caustic (perhaps < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit amla sour) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier amaricate v. and amaritude n.Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French amer (see amere n.), Old Occitan amar (12th cent.), Italian amaro (see amaro n.).

Now rare.

Having a bitter taste. Also in earliest use of a person: †unpleasant, disagreeable; spiteful (obsolete).

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Amarous, bitter, sharp, froward, hard to be appeased, spightful, sour.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 387 The Amarous, or bitter tast; as in Galls and Wormwood, &c.

1859 J. King King's Amer. Dispensatory (ed. 5) i. 365 The root is preferred to the leaves; it has a heavy, mouse-like, unpleasant odor, which is removed by desiccation, and a mawkish, amarous taste.

1872 O. P. Brown Compl. Herbalist (rev. ed.) 48 It possesses an unpleasant amarous taste.

2009 N. Dasgupta in C. Palit & N. Dasgupta Anc. Indian Syst. of Rasayana 128 They [sc. lumps of galbanum]..have a strong, unpleasant odor, and a hot, somewhat acrid, and amarous taste.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amarous
释义	amarousadj. Brit. /əˈmɑːrəs/, U.S. /əˈmɑrəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin amārus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin amārus bitter in taste or smell, acrid, shrill, harsh, acrimonious, caustic (perhaps < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit amla sour) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier amaricate v. and amaritude n.Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French amer (see amere n.), Old Occitan amar (12th cent.), Italian amaro (see amaro n.). Now rare. Having a bitter taste. Also in earliest use of a person: †unpleasant, disagreeable; spiteful (obsolete). ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Amarous, bitter, sharp, froward, hard to be appeased, spightful, sour. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 387 The Amarous, or bitter tast; as in Galls and Wormwood, &c. 1859 J. King King's Amer. Dispensatory (ed. 5) i. 365 The root is preferred to the leaves; it has a heavy, mouse-like, unpleasant odor, which is removed by desiccation, and a mawkish, amarous taste. 1872 O. P. Brown Compl. Herbalist (rev. ed.) 48 It possesses an unpleasant amarous taste. 2009 N. Dasgupta in C. Palit & N. Dasgupta Anc. Indian Syst. of Rasayana 128 They [sc. lumps of galbanum]..have a strong, unpleasant odor, and a hot, somewhat acrid, and amarous taste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1656
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