ROMANCE DICTIONARY (E)
eager
adj.
Powerfully longing for something; keenly expectant.
earnest
adj.
Showing profound genuineness or sincerity.
ebullience
n.
The characteristic of showing feelings or ideas in an passionate and
energetic way.
ecstasy
n.
A condition of powerful joy or delight. A state of sentiment so
powerful that one is carried beyond reasonable thinking and
restraint.
ecstatic
adj.
Relates to bliss. In a state of pleasure; enraptured.
Eden
n.
A state of delight or extreme joy.
edification
n.
Logical, principled, or spiritual advancement; enlightenment.
elan
n.
Fervent vitality and vivacity. Form finesse.
elate
tr.v.
To stimulate delight or pleasure in.
–adj. On cloud nine;
happy.
elegance.
n.
Sophistication and elegance in movement, form, or manners.
elegant
adj.
Exhibiting sophistication. Superb.
eligible
adj.
Desirable and worthy of selection as in marriage.
elope
intr.v.
To sneak away with a lover, for the purpose of getting married.
eloquence
n.
The skill or influence to convince with dialogue.
eloquent
adj.
Influential, articulate, and smooth in conversation.
embellish
tr.v.
To make good-looking, with decoration; enhance.
embellishment
n.
A deed of embellishing or the state of being embellished.
embrace
tr.v.
To hug or hold on to a person with the arms, as a display of
affection. –intr.v. To
join in a hug. –n. A deed
of embracing.
embrocate
tr.v.
To dampen and massage with a cream or ointment.
emollient
adj.
Softening and comforting, like to the skin.
–n. An ingrediant that softens or comforts the skin.
emotion
n.
A complicated and usually intense personal response, such as fear or
love. A condition of distress or disruption.
emotional
adj.
All about emotion. Easily involved with or moved by sentiment. Able
to stir the emotions. Evident by or showing emotion; troubled.
emotionalism
n.
A penchant for relying on or placing great importance to emotion.
Unnecessary show of emotion.
emotive adj.
About or relating to emotion. Displaying or inciting emotion.
empathy
n.
Recognition with and comprehension of a persons’ circumstances,
thoughts, and motives. The condition of one’s own feelings to an
item.
enamor
tr.v.
To arouse with love; enchant.
enchant
tr.v.
To appeal to and please completely; enchant.
enchanter
n.
A person that enchants.
enchanting
adj.
Possessing the influence to enchant.
enchantment
n.
A deed of enchanting. The condition of being enchanted. A thing that
enchants.
enchantress
n.
A female with immense charm or allure.
enclasp
tr.v.
To hold in your arms.
encourage
tr.v.
To motivate with hopefulness, nerve, or self-assurance; uplift. To
give support to; encourage. To arouse.
encouragement
n.
The act of giving motivation. The position of being optimistic. A
person that encourages.
encouraging
adj.
Enabling nerve, self-reliance, or faith.
endear
tr.v.
To make dearly loved
endearing
adj.
Arousing fondness or warm compassion.
endearment
n.
The deed of endearing. A demonstration of love, as in a caress.
engage
v.
To vow or pledge, as to marry.
engaged
adj.
Pledged to tie the knot.
engagement
.
The condition of being pledged to marry.
engaging
adj.
The affinity to appeal to; appealing.
enkindle
v.
To inflame; stimulate.
erapture
tr.v.
To fill with ecstasy or enchantment.
entertain
tr.v.
To capture the attention of; make laugh. To offer kindness toward.
–intr.v. To bestow
amusement.
entertaining
adj.
Agreeably diverting; humorous.
entertainment
n.
The deed of entertaining. The enjoyment of being entertained;
delight.
enthrall
tr.v.
To hold fascinated; entrance.
enthuse
tr.v.To
kindle interest in. –intr.v.
To display zeal.
enthusiasm
n.
Intense sentiment for a topic or cause. Enthusiastic fervor;
passion. A thing that inspires enthusiasm.
enthusiast
n.
A person who is deeply caught up or preoccupied with a specific
subject. A fanatic.
enthusiastic
adj.
Displaying or having enthusiasm.
entice
tr. v.
To appeal to by affecting optimism or yearning; entice.
entrance
tr.v.
To imbue with amusement; awe, or fascination.
erogenous
adj.
Responsive to amorous stimulation.
Eros
n.
The son of Aphrodite, the God of love.
erotic
adj.
Concerning amorous love and desire. The tendency to arouse amorous
desire. Mostly containing amorous love or desire.
eroticism
n.
An erotic characteristic or subject. Amorous excitement. Abnormally
enduring amorous excitement.
erotomania
n.
Too much amorous desire.
erubescence
n.
To go red in the face.
escort
n.
A man who is the escort of a woman, like on a social event.
esculent
adj.
Appropriate for consumption; fit to be eaten.
espousal
n.
A betrothal. A wedding ceremony.
espouse
tr.v.
To receive in matrimony. To give in marriage.
To give one’s devotion or support to; accept.
esteem
tr.v.
To hold with respect; cherish.
–n. Favorable esteem;
admiration.
etiquette
n.
The protocols approved by social standard or by authority.
euphoria
n.
A sentiment of enormous delight or comfort.
excitable
adj.
The propensity of being easily agitated. The ability to respond to
stimuli.
excite
tr.v.
To arouse into activity; put into motion. To draw out a response or
sentiment. To provoke strong feeling; incite.
exotic
adj.
Possessing the charm of the exotic; markedly and attractively
atypical or different. Relating to striptease.
–n. A person that is
exotic. A striptease entertainer.
expectation
n.
Impatient keenness.
exquisite
adj.
Of such loveliness or elegance as to stimulate delight.
extol
tr.v.
To honor generously.
exuberant
adj.
Full of uninhibited eagerness or joy. Bountiful; abundant.
eyeful
n.
A all-inclusive view. One that is delightful to the sight, such as a
beautiful woman.