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Answer for the clue "The arousal of feelings of sexual desire ", 11 letters:
amorousness

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Word definitions for amorousness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amorousness \Am"o*rous*ness\, n. The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a feeling of sexual love [syn: enamoredness ] the arousal of feelings of sexual desire [syn: eroticism , erotism , sexiness , amativeness ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being amorous.

Usage examples of amorousness.

Many of the lamas and trapas flagrantly flaunted their amorousness toward each other, to leave no doubt that they had forsworn sordid, ordinary, normal sex.

He grouped plants by the nature of their reproductive organs and endowed them with an arrestingly anthropomorphic amorousness.

As amorousness is the pastime of players of stringed instruments, and horse-racing the relaxation of the brass section of the orchestra, so eating is the pleasure, and sometimes the vice, of singers.