inamorata

[in-am-uh-rah-tuh, in-am-]

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noun, plural in·am·o·ra·tas.

a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.

Origin of inamorata

1645–55; < Italian innamorata (feminine); see inamorato

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Related Words for inamorata

sweetheart, woman, mistress, paramour, ladylove

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Contemporary Examples of inamorata

Elsewhere, she tells her inamorata, “It does not matter if you elude my arms/my dear, when thought alone can imprison you.”
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Historical Examples of inamorata

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.
The Complete Opera Book
Gustav Kobb
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

a woman with whom one is in love; a female lover

Word Origin for inamorata

C17: see inamorato

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Word Origin and History for inamorata

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