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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amorousness

Amorousness \Am"o*rous*ness\, n. The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.

Wiktionary
amorousness

n. The state or quality of being amorous.

WordNet
amorousness
  1. n. a feeling of sexual love [syn: enamoredness]

  2. the arousal of feelings of sexual desire [syn: eroticism, erotism, sexiness, amativeness]

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.