Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cupid.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A person enamored; a lover.
  • noun A little love; a cupid.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a cupid or putto
  • noun a love poem
  • noun a sweetheart

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, diminutive of Amore, Cupid, from Latin Amor, from amor, love; see amorous.]

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Italian diminutive of Amore, the god of love

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Examples

  • Supremes in the name of love stop more hurt than anything more or less an amoretto more mortifiedby loneliness than by mortgage benefits

    Mores Alex Taitague 2011

  • Forgive me but I am going to use your Madeira cake recipe, add amoretto, and serve it with a cup of white peach tea.

    Madeira Cake Haalo 2007

  • i finally got the coopers farm peaches i've been looking for, just the right sweetness. so, it will be peach ice cream in day or so. i'm also going to add some organic vanilla wafer cookies. and since this will be two batches, the second may be some amoretto (sic) soaked peaches and the cookies soaked as well. it will be my version of peach ammoretto freezes crunch.

    Peach ice cream on a summer morning | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008

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