passionalEtymologyFrom Middle English passional, from Late Latin passiōnālis; equivalent to passion + -al.passional means characterized by passion. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.adjcharacterized by passion“1957: the promise of a release in her passional self — Lawrence Durrell, Justine, p.71 (Faber)”nouna book describing sufferings of martyrs