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inamorata

[in-am-uh-rah-tuh, in-am-]
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noun, plural in·am·o·ra·tas.
  1. a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
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Origin of inamorata

1645–55; < Italian innamorata (feminine); see inamorato
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  • Also of his inamorata in a ball gown, eyes lowered to a rose drooping from her hand.

    Erik Dorn

    Ben Hecht

  • Like another Dorcasina, she fancied every man to be her inamorata.

    Hubert's Wife

    Minnie Mary Lee

  • He tells them that Rigoletto, despite his hump, has an inamorata.

  • In his own arms, Paris bore his inamorata from shore to deck.

    Superwomen

    Albert Payson Terhune

  • Through these bars the Cuban lover interviews his inamorata.

    Cuba

    Arthur D. Hall

British Dictionary definitions for inamorata

inamorata

noun plural -tas
  1. a woman with whom one is in love; a female lover
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Word Origin

C17: see inamorato
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Word Origin and History for inamorata

n.

"female lover," 1650s, from Italian innamorata, fem. of innamorato, past participle of innamorare "to fall in love," from in "in" + amore "love" (see Amy).

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