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amoretti

amoretti is the plural of amoretto.

Meaning of amoretto

Noun

amoretto (plural amorettos or amoretti)

  1. A cupid or putto (representation of a naked baby or small child, often with wings).
    • One of his best peeces he wrought in Pisa, which was all sorts of worldly and sensuall Epicures, rioting and banquetting vnder the shaddow of an Orenge tree, within the branches and bowes whereof, sly little Amorettos or Cupids, shooting at sundry Ladies lasciuiously dancing and dallying amongst...1622, Henry Peacham, The Compleat Gentleman, London: Francis Constable, Chapter 12, “Andreas Orgagna,” p. 131
  2. A love poem.
    • Amoretti — a set of sonnets by Edmund Spenser describing his courtship and marriage (1595).
  3. A male sweetheart, lover.
    • What is Life, and the best things in life, with which her Amorettoes and Idolatrous Adorers are so delighted?1614, Stephen Jerome, Seauen Helpes to Heauen, London: Roger Jackson, page 339

Questions about amoretti

What is amoretti the plural of?
Amoretti is the plural of amoretto.

Words near amoretti in the dictionary

  1. Amorebieta-Etxano
  2. amoret
  3. amorets
  4. amorette
  5. amorettes
  6. amoretti
  7. amoretto
  8. amorettos
  9. amoretz
  10. amorevolous
  11. amorfrutin

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