impassioned
/ˌɪmˈpæʃənd/im-PA-shuhnd
/ˌɪmˈpæʃənd/im-PA-shuhnd
Meaningfilled with passion
Common meaning: showing very strong feeling
- imin, into
- passto undergo, put up withLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1314 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
- edpast-participle ending
‘in, into’ + ‘to undergo, put up with’ → impassioned
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin patior ‘to undergo, put up with’.
Roots
- patior, passus Latin “to undergo, put up with”
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