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passion
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[ˈpaʃn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- strong and barely controllable emotion
(e.g: a man of impetuous passion)
- an intense desire or enthusiasm for something
(e.g: the English have a passion for gardens)
- intense sexual love
(e.g: their all-consuming passion for each other)
- the suffering and death of Jesus
(e.g: meditations on the Passion of Christ)
Phrases:
Origin
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Old English passion, from Latin passio(n-) (chiefly a term in Christian theology), from pati ‘suffer’; subsequently reinforced by Old French
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