amorist

9.9

A person who loves romance and often writes about romantic relationships

noun
/ˈæmərɪst/

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: amorista

The famous amorist spent his career writing novels about passionate affairs.

Examples

Many poets are called amorists for their focus on the themes of love and desire.
An amorist often writes poetry about the beauty of love.
As an unapologetic amorist, she believed that love was the highest pursuit.
Many famous amorists have inspired countless love stories.
As an unapologetic amorist, she believed that love was the highest pursuit.
Many poets are called amorists for their focus on the themes of love and desire.
An amorist often writes poetry about the beauty of love.

Synonyms

romancer

vsamorist

1 6.5

A person who tries to charm others to start a romantic relationship

is devoted to love and lovemaking and often writes about it

Antonyms

enemy

∞ 1.0

A person who wants to harm or defeat you

hater

Offensive

144 5.2

A person who often says bad things about people or things they dislike

How Romantic

romantic

7 4.6

amorist

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lover

428 2.5

philanderer

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9 8.7

Surface Forms

amorist singular

amorists plural

Morphology

amorist = amour (semi-transparent) = amor + ist

Formed from the love-root (amor/amour) plus the agentive suffix -ist; the meaning 'person concerned with love' is predictable if the learner knows amour/amorous but the root form is not a common standalone English word.

Etymology

Amorist comes from the Latin root amor meaning 'love' and the ending -ist meaning 'one who'. You can see amor in English amorous and in Spanish amor, so an amorist is someone devoted to love or who writes about love.