Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AM-A-TO'RI-AL, or AM'A-TO-RY
AM'A-TIVE-NESSAM-A-TO'RI-AL-LY
AM-A-TO'RI-AL, or AM'A-TO-RY, a. [L. amatorius, from amo, to love.]
- Relating to love; amatorial verses; causing love; as, amatory potions; produced by sexual intercourse; as, amotorial progeny. – Darwin.
- In anatomy, a term applied to the oblique muscles of the eye, from their use in ogling.
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