a. [f. L. amātōri-us pertaining to a lover + -AL 1.]
1. Of or pertaining to a lover, or to love-making.
1603. J. Davies, Microcosmos (1876), 66. The fourth and last by Venus governed, Is called the Fury amatoriall.
1774. T. Warton, Eng. Poetry (1840), I. Diss. ii. 118. Epigrams, amatorial verses, and poems.
1829. [J. L. Knapp], Jrnl. Naturalist, 271–2. All the various amatorial and caressing language of others.
1841. D’Israeli, Amen. Lit. (1859), I. 308. The amatorial poet even designates the spots hallowed by his passion.
2. Epithet of the oblique muscles of the eyes, ‘which give them a cast sideways, and assist in that particular look by some called ogling.’ Chambers, Cycl., 1751.
