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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
amour
 
SYLLABICATION:a·mour
PRONUNCIATION:  -mr
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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