passionate English · revision 7990

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1450|origins=la-med passionatus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈpæʃ.ən.ət/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|passionatus|t=affected with passion]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from Latin passio (genitive passionis), suffering, enduring (see [[passion]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Easily moved to anger, quick-tempered: about 1450 in the OED, the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ NODE notes that early senses included easily moved to passion and enraged.^(NODE 1998) Dominated by vehement emotion is from 1526,^(OED 1989) and of language, marked by strong feeling, from 1581.^(OED 1989) Subject to passion, easily moved, is from 1589.^(OED 1989) The specific sense amorous is attested from the 1580s.^(Etymonline) Middle English also had passional, pertaining to the feelings.^(Etymonline) In Dorset dialect passionate was an aphetic form of compassionate.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1450 – quick-tempered.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1526 – full of vehement emotion.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1580s – amorous.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1589 – easily moved.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Showing or feeling very strong [[emotion]]; ardent: ''a passionate plea''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Having intense sexual [[desire]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Easily angered; quick-tempered.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[passionately]]

+ * [[passionateness]]

+ * [[nonpassionate]]

+ * [[overpassionate]]

+ * [[unpassionate]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[impassionate]]

+ * [[impassion]]

+ * [[impassioned]]

+ * [[passion]]

+ * [[passive]]

+ * [[passivity]]

+ * [[patience]]

+ * [[patient]]

+ * [[dispassionate]]

+ * [[compassionate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}