ETYM French affection, Latin affectio, from afficere. Related to Affect.
A positive feeling of liking; SYN. affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmheartedness.

Importance; preciousness

ETYM French dévotion, Latin devotio.
1. Feelings of ardent love; SYN. devotedness.
2. Commitment to some purpose.
3. (Usually plural) Religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently).

The act of showing affection.

ETYM Latin, from Greek eros love.
1. Sexual drive; libido.
2. The sum of all desires.

ETYM Old Eng. flame, flaume, flaumbe, Old Fren. flame, flambe, French flamme, from Latin flamma, from flamma, from flagrare to burn. Related to Flagrant, Flamneau, Flamingo.
1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger.
3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love.
4. A beloved person; a sweetheart.

A predisposition to like something; SYN. fancy, partiality.

ETYM Old Eng. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte.
(Homonym: hart).
1. The locus of feelings and intuitions; SYN. bosom.
2. The courage to carry on; SYN. mettle, nerve, spunk.
3. An inclination or tendency of a certain kind; SYN. spirit.
4. A playing card in the major suit of hearts.
5. A firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal).
6. A shape with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines.

ETYM French, from Latin ligatio, from ligare to bind. Related to Ligature, Ligation.
A channel for communication between groups; SYN. link, contact, inter-group communication.

ETYM Old Eng. love, luve, as. lufe, lufu; akin to Eng. lief, believe, Latin lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. Related to Lief.
1. A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction.
2. Any object of warm affection or devotion; or; SYN. passion.
3. A strong positive emotion of regard and affection.
4. A score of zero in tennis or squash.
Affectionate or passionate devotion to another being. The Greeks often distinguished fondness or friendship (philis), erotic love (eros), and selfless love (agape).
Plato and Aristotle both hold that love is ultimately the desire of the imperfect for the perfect, whereas in Christianity love arises from the concern of the perfect (God) for the imperfect (human beings). St Augustine defines virtue as ordo amoris (“the order of love”), which occurs when the love of God replaces the love of self. For St Thomas Aquinas, natural love concerns the passions and will, whereas supernatural love is natural love to which has been added habitual unselfishness.

ETYM Cf. French partialité.
1. An inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives; SYN. partisanship.
2. A special taste or liking.

ETYM French, from Latin passio, from pati, passus, to suffer. Related to Patient.
1. A feeling of strong sexual desire.
2. Strong feeling or emotion; SYN. passionateness.

Falling in love with someone at first glance

ETYM French charité from Latin caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Irish cara a friend, W. caru to love. Related to Caress.
1. A foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals).
2. A kindly and lenient attitude toward people; SYN. brotherly love.
3. An activity or gift that benefits the public at large.
4. An institution set up to provide help to the needy.
Originally a Christian term meaning a selfless, disinterested form of love. This developed to include almsgiving or other actions performed by individuals to help the poor and needy. Today it refers to any independent agency (for example, Oxfam) that organizes such relief on a regular basis.

love or fondness for books or reading

itch to be buying

ETYM Old Fren. amoros, French amoreux, Late Lat. amorosus, from Latin amor love, from amare to love.
1. Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate.
2. Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on.
3. Of or relating to, or produced by, love. SYN. Loving; fond; tender; passionate; affectionate; devoted; ardent.

ETYM French, from Latin amor love.
(French) love-affair, especially illicit. amorette, petty amour.
1. Love; affection.
2. Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair.

A strike in which the workers walk out suddenly, abandonning their work stations.

A song about love or expressing love for another person.