Word: passion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ph₁tós Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō 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 (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæʃən/, [ˈpʰæʃən] ~ [ˈpʰæʃn̩] 1. A true desire sustained or prolonged. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. 2. Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We share a passion for books. Example: 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. 3. Fervor, determination. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion. 5. Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We shared a night of passion. 6. The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion. Labels: capitalized, countable, uncountable, usually Example: 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, [...] 7. A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: a cardiac passion 9. The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 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: [...] 10. The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 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; [...] 11. An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [...] to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle. 12. Disorder of the mind; madness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 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.