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amour
a·mour
[
ə mr
]
(
plural
a·mours
)
noun
Definition:
illicit love affair:
a love affair, especially one that is clandestine
(
dated
)
[
14th century. Via French< Latin
amor
"love"
]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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