Middle English Dictionary Entry
amorǒuslī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | amorǒuslī adv. Also amer-. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Full of love, lovingly; lustily, ardently; (b) lovely; (c) ardently.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1680 : That ye vse..The lustes of youre wyf attemprely, And that ye plese hire nat to amorously.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3934 : Nyȝtyngales..Ful amorously welcomed in hir song Þe lusty sesoun.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)17/31 : She and Ponthus loked full amerously at their departyng.
- a1500(?a1410) Lydg.CB (Lnsd 699)63 : Toward evyn & in the dawnyng, She did hir peyn most amorously to syng.
b
- a1500(c1435) ?Lydg.DM(2) (Lnsd 699)237 : A Flour so amorously floorsshyng, Which with a Froste bi-gynneth riht sone to fade.
c
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)251 : The bryght sonne, Which in merydyen moost Amerously doth shyne.