| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| amour |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·mour |
| PRONUNCIATION: | -m r |
| NOUN: | A love affair, especially an illicit one. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Old Provençal, from Latin amor, love. See amorous.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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