amatory

adj

Etymology: From Latin amātōrius (“pertaining to love or a lover”, adjective), from amātor (“a lover”), from amō (“to love”).

1. Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.

   “Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food; / But who is their purveyor from above / Heaven knows […]”

   “In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.”