˜yÐÄvlog

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amour

[ uh-moor ]

noun

  1. a love affair.
  2. an illicit or secret love affair.


amour

/ amur /

noun

  1. a love affair, esp a secret or illicit one
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of amour1

1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French, Old French amo ( u ) r, representing a dial. form or < Old Provençal < Latin ²¹³¾Å°ù±ð³¾ accusative of amor love, equivalent to am ( Äå°ù±ð ) to love + -or -or 1; amoretto
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of amour1

C13: from Old French, from Latin amor love
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“Congratulations mon amour de la vie,†she wrote to Menendez, according to the indictment.

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Charlie swoons listening to Nick’s French, so Nick throws him a cheesy but charming “Mon amour.â€

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"Happy birthday, Sophie. From this, to this, and everything in between, there’s no one I’d rather have by my side… I love you, mon amour."

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But Edna soon became a case study in exorbitant amour propre, lampooning suburban pretensions, political correctness and the cult of celebrity, and acquiring a damehood along the way.

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But the food that might actually beat out those cliches in the department of amour is actually quite humble: Consider the roast chicken.

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