amorino
[am-uh-ree-noh; Italian ah-maw-ree-naw]
- a putto represented as an infant cupid.
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Origin of amorino
1855–60; < Italian, equivalent to amor(e) love (see amoretto) + -ino diminutive suffix (< Latin -īnus adj. suffix)
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The "Amorino" was evidently and rudely urging his advances upon the girl, and she kept him back, crimsoned with blushes.
Captain Mansana and Mother's HandsBjrnstjerne Bjrnson