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A lover; a man enamored.

having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.

In an amorous manner; fondly.

The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.

g loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey. -- Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Clam"or*ous*ness, n.

Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.] All founts wells, all deeps humorous. Chapman.

Capriciously; whimsically. We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy.

Moodiness; capriciousness.

The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble. Geikie.

Woody. [R.] Paradise itself was but a kind of nemorous temple. Evelyn.

A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.

Of or pertaining to a rumor; of the nature of rumors. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. "The timorous apostasy of chuchmen." Milman. -- Tim"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Tim"or*ous*ness, n.

Swelling; protuberant. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

An amorous girl or woman; a wanton. [Obs.] J. Warton.

The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good- humored raillery; pleasantry. Part banter, part affection. Tennyson.

Liquor made from barley; strong ale. [Humorous] [Scot.] Burns.

the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.

A kind of cutting weapon with a thick back and thin razorlike edge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands.

Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.