amoretto

[ am-uh-ret-oh; Italian ah-maw-ret-taw ]

noun

, plural am·o·ret·ti [am-, uh, -, ret, -ee, ah-maw-, ret, -tee].

1. a little cupid.

amoretto

/ ˌæmɔːˈriːnəʊ; ˌæməˈrɛtəʊ /

noun

1. (esp in painting) a small chubby naked boy representing a cupid Also calledputto

Word History and Origins

Origin of amoretto¹

1590–1600; < Italian, equivalent to amor ( e ) love (< Latin amōrem, accusative of amor ) + -etto -et; amour

Word History and Origins

Origin of amoretto¹

C16: from Italian, diminutive of Amore Cupid, from Latin Amor Love

Example Sentences

Amoretto, am-or-et′to, n. a lover: a cupid:—pl.

From Project Gutenberg

How full is the adulterer of fears and jealousies, scorching desires, and impatient waitings, tedious demurrs, sufferance of indignities, and amazements of discoveries, and his uncleanness is ever attended by shame which is its eldest daughter; for let us consider how infamous it has ever been, to be noted for a common Pathick, or a lustful Amoretto, how opprobriously Adulterers have been used by most Nations.

From Project Gutenberg

Sir, I am emboldened by that great acquaintance that heretofore I had with you, as likewise it hath pleased you heretofore— AMORETTO.

From Project Gutenberg

Trial of his gifts! never had any gifts a better trial: why, Immerito's gifts have appeared in as many colours as the rainbow; first, to Master Amoretto, in colour of the satin suit he wears: to my lady, in the similitude of a loose gown: to my master, in the likeness of a silver basin and ewer: to us pages, in the semblance of new suits and points.

From Project Gutenberg

So Master Amoretto plays the gull in a piece of a parsonage; my master adorns his cupboard with a piece of a parsonage; my mistress, upon good days, puts on a piece of a parsonage; and we pages play at blowpoint for a piece of a parsonage: I think here's trial enough for one man's gifts.

From Project Gutenberg