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‖ amoretto
(æmɒˈrɛtəʊ, It. amoˈrɛtto)
[It. amoretto a ‘little love,’ dim. of amore love; cf. prec. Formerly naturalized, with pl. amorettoes, amoretto's, but now treated as It. with pl. amoretti.]
†a. A lover (obs.)
†b. A love-sonnet (obs.)
†c. A love-trick (obs.)
d. A little love, a cupid.
1596Spenser (title of Love-sonnets) Amoretti. 1646J. Hall Poems 35 In each line lie More Amorettoe's then in Doris eye. 1654Gayton Fest. Notes 47 (T.) The amoretto was wont to take his stand at one place, where sate his mistress. 1710Palmer Proverbs 139 The amoretto's of Bedlam..were always weak silly people, and were us'd to the conversation of ballad & romance. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets x. 335 A painting, in which amoretti are plentiful. |