passion

Meaning

1. A true desire sustained or prolonged.
2. Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
3. Fervor, determination.
4. An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
5. Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.
6. The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
7. A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
8. (obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
9. (obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition
10. (obsolete) The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
11. (obsolete) An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.
12. (obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.

lust

love

emotion

sexual desire

passionate desire

petulance

Tanha

erotic felling

passion-play

be in demand

tender love

oestrum

strong desire

violent emotion

ardent love

love passionately

conjugal affection

flaming desires

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæʃən/

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“I suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).

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