amorino

[am-uh-ree-noh, ah-maw-ree-naw]

noun

Fine Arts.

plural

amorini 

1. a putto represented as an infant cupid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of amorino¹

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

Example Sentences

Authorities have said the two women beat Amorino’s mother and held her captive during an August 2017 attack in their Youngwood home.

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Lawyers for Delores Amorino filed legal documents Wednesday that claimed her now 19-year-old daughter is responsible for assaulting the 78-year-old woman.

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The filing comes a few weeks after a judge found Amorino was competent to stand trial but her daughter wasn’t.

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Her Ode to Spring unites two Seattle-made spirits — Oola Distillery’s Aloo gin and Letterpress Distilling’s Amaro Amorino — in a marriage of citrus and spice that’s light yet intriguingly bitter.

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A judge ruled Wednesday that Delores Amorino was competent to stand trial.

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