AMOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amour mean? 

• AMOUR (noun)
  The noun AMOUR has 1 sense:

1. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

  Familiarity information: AMOUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMOUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

affair; affaire; amour; intimacy; involvement; liaison

Hypernyms ("amour" is a kind of...):

sexual relationship (a relationship involving sexual intimacy)

 Context examples 

I have no taste for such amours as you speak of, and I have sworn that my name shall be coupled with that of no woman save my ever dear wife.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ah, c'est l'amour, l'amour!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all—and yet there's something in that voice of hers. . . .

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)