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inamorato|ɪnæmɒˈrɑːtəʊ| Also 8–9 en-. [a. It. inamorato, now innamorato lover, masc. pa. pple. of in(n)amorare: see inamorata.] A lover.
1592Greene Upst. Courtier D iv, He..asketh..whether hee wil haue his peak cut short and sharpe, amiable like an Inamerato. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. iv. (1651) 282 Such Inamoratoes as read nothing but play-books. 1712Hughes Spect. No. 525 ⁋5 All our Pretenders to Rhyme are professed Inamorato's. 1756Connoisseur cxxiv. 21, I have lately taken a survey of the numerous tribe of Enamoratos. c1763Babler (1767) I. 164 No. 39 Various were the tricks related of this unhappy enamorato. 1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) IV. 1317 Thinking it would be a bad precedent, and an encouragement to other enamouratoes. 1812R. H. in Exam. 25 May 327/2 The kissing of a girl by two enamoratoes. 1831T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle xvi. (1887) 168 A mingled expression of mistrust, of kindness, and of fixed resolution, which the far-gone inamorato found irresistible. 1941E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner (1968) xiii. 221 How would you like Shelley for your inamorato? 1973‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer iii. 29 You must invite him to luncheon here. And invite me as well. I'd love to meet the inamorato. |