passion

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

  1. noun a strong feeling or emotion
  2. noun the trait of being intensely emotional
  3. noun something that is desired intensely

Etymology

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 (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).

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Synonyms

passionateness

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