passionate

== English == === Pronunciation === (adjective, noun) IPA(key): /ˈpæʃənɪt/, /ˈpæʃənət/ Hyphenation: pas‧sion‧ate IPA(key): (verb) /ˈpæʃəneɪt/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English passionat, from Medieval Latin passiōnātus (“affected, impassioned, libidinous, easely angered”). Equivalent to passion +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French passionné. ==== Adjective ==== passionate (comparative more passionate, superlative most passionate) Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both. Fired with intense feeling. Synonyms: ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, hotheaded, impassioned, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon, and other Poems on several Occasions, Preface, in Samuel Johnson (editor), The Works of the English Poets, London: J. Nichols, Volume 31, 1779, p. 93,[1] (obsolete) Suffering; sorrowful. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From passion +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French passionner. ==== Verb ==== passionate (third-person singular simple present passionates, present participle passionating, simple past and past participle passionated) (obsolete) To fill with passion, or with another given emotion. Antonym: (obsolete) dispassionate (obsolete) To express with great emotion. ===== Further reading ===== “passionate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “passionate”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pas.sjoˈna.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: pas‧sio‧nà‧te === Adjective === passionate feminine plural of passionato === Participle === passionate feminine plural of passionato == Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pas.si.oːˈnaː.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pas.si.oˈnaː.te] ==== Adverb ==== passiōnātē (not comparable) (Medieval Latin) impotently; with ineffectual enthusiasm === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pas.si.oːˈnaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pas.si.oˈnaː.te] ==== Adjective ==== passiōnāte vocative masculine singular of passiōnātus === References === "passionate", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Middle English == === Adjective === passionate alternative form of passionat