I'm sorry but I keep seeing this word in so many profiles and of course I am the kind of person that when I see a word I don't know, and I can't get an understanding of it's meaning simply by the way it is used then I can't help but to try to look it up to find it's meaning. sadly try as I may I find the word pionate nowhere in any dictionary that I have access to. Thus I must ask, is this even a word and if not then stop using it, because to use a non existent word just because it sounds smart, shows just how ignorant you truly are.
I had the same problem with this same word. I studied English at the university (some tme ago), taught it at school, and am always ready to check new words but i have never come accross this one until i joined Mingle2. Is this some Mingle2 fashion word?
Actually, i noticed that it is used as adjective ("to be pionate about sth"), or noun ("to have a pion for sth") -- i think they were used in such phrases, and according to the context i somehow figured it out that it must mean sth like "to have strong liking/dedication/interest/passion for sth", but correct me if i'm wrong, i still don't know ...
Edited by
456tessa
on Sun 08/31/14 08:07 AM