Meaning

adjective determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason

adjective of more than usual emotion

adjective of or pertaining to emotion

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French…

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