passion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: păsh'ən
ipa: /ˈpæʃən/
ipa: [ˈpʰæʃən]
rhymes: -æʃən
Forms: form: passions
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.?
Latin patior
Proto-Indo-European *-tisder.
Proto-Italic *-tjō
Latin -tiō
Latin passiōbor.
Old English passion
Latin passiōbor.
Old French passionbor.
Middle English passioun
English passion
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 (“I suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).
Senses: examples: text: An oil lamp burned upon a high, old-fashioned mantel, casting its dim rays over a dozen repulsive figures. All but one were men. The other was a woman of about thirty. Her face, marked by low passions and dissipation, might once have been lovely.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 27:
glosses: A true desire sustained or prolonged.
examples: text: We share a passion for books.
text: That was partly because of a swirling wind that made precision passing difficult and also a derby atmosphere where the emphasis seemed to be on passion rather than football.
ref: 2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 – 1 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2019:
glosses: Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
glosses: Fervor, determination.
examples: text: It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion.
glosses: An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
examples: text: We shared a night of passion.
glosses: Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.
examples: text: Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes paſſion, and adminiſtracion of his ſacramentes at the miniſters handes, ordained for that purpoſe, [...]
ref: 1543 June 8, Henry VIII of England, “The Nynthe Article. The Holy Catholike Churche.”, in A Necessary Doctrine and Erudicion for Any Chrysten Man, Set furth by the Kynges Maiestye of Englande, &c., imprinted at London: […] by Thomas Berthelet, […], →OCLC:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
glosses: A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
examples: text: a cardiac passion
glosses: Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
examples: text: A Body at reſt affords us no Idea of any active Power to move; and when it is ſet in motion its ſelf, that Motion is rather a Paſſion, than an Action in it: [...]
ref: 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Of Power”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book II, § 3, page 116:
antonyms: action
glosses: The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition
examples: text: The Differences of Impreſsible and Not Impreſsible; Figurable and Not Figurable; Mouldable and Not Mouldable; Sciſsile and Not Sciſsile; And many other Paſsions of Matter, are Plebeian Notions, applied vnto the Inſtruments and Vſes which Men ordinarily practiſe; [...]
ref: 1631, Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century. [Experiment Solitary Touching Other Passions of Matter, and Characters of Bodies.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 846, page 216:
glosses: The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
examples: text: [...] to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle.
glosses: An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.
examples: text: The fit is momentary, vpon a thought / He will againe be well. If much you note him / You ſhall offend him, and extend his Paſſion, / Feed, and regard him not.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 142, column 1:
glosses: Disorder of the mind; madness.
Synonyms: sense: fervor, determination
word: ardor
sense: fervor, determination
word: fire in the belly
sense: fervor, determination
word: zeal
Derived terms: cardiac passion
counterpassion
crime of passion
dispassion
empassion
grande passion
heat of passion
ileac passion
iliac passion
impassionate
ischiadic passion
mispassion
outpassion
pash
passional
passionate
passionflower
passion-flower
passion flower
passion fruit
passionfruit
passionful
Passionist
passion killer
passionless
passionlike
passion of a convert
passion pit
passion play
passion point
passion pop
passion potion
passionproof
passion-ridden
Passion Sunday
passiontini
passion tree
passion wagon
propassion
purple passion
satis-passion
throes of passion
unpassion
Related terms: impassion
impassive
passionate
passive
passivity
patience
patient