amorino

American  

[am-uh-ree-noh, ah-maw-ree-naw] / ˌæm əˈri noʊ, ˌɑ mɔˈri nɔ /

noun

Fine Arts.

• amorini
  plural

1. a putto represented as an infant cupid.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• amorini
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of amorino

1855–60; < Italian, equivalent to amor ( e ) love ( see amoretto) + -ino diminutive suffix (< Latin -īnus adj. suffix)

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Example Sentences

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amorini

The great man, it appeared at last, wanted amorini the size of giants; a rather Rosherville taste.

From The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster by Harold Begbie

It represents the goddess of the sea borne over the waves in her shell; tritons and sea-nymphs sport joyously around her; amorini, discharging their arrows, appear in the air like an angel-glory.

From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare

They are of maiolica, ornamented with polychrome designs of chimeræ, dragons, amorini, masks, birds, &c., beautifully painted in brilliant colours, especially orange and yellow on a black ground.

From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by William Chaffers

Sebastian, George, and a bishop to the right—probably S. Louis of Toulouse: at the bottom a little lute-playing angel sits, flanked by two amorini on a lower level with white drapery.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

Mr. Bonner had been recommended to Lord Kitchener, who wanted amorini scattered about the leafy gardens at Broome.

From The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster by Harold Begbie

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