inamorata
[in-am-uh-rah-tuh, in-am-]
- a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
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Origin of inamorata
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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.”
Historical Examples of inamorata
Also of his inamorata in a ball gown, eyes lowered to a rose drooping from her hand.
Erik DornBen Hecht
Like another Dorcasina, she fancied every man to be her inamorata.
Hubert's WifeMinnie Mary Lee
He tells them that Rigoletto, despite his hump, has an inamorata.
The Complete Opera BookGustav Kobb
In his own arms, Paris bore his inamorata from shore to deck.
SuperwomenAlbert Payson Terhune
Through these bars the Cuban lover interviews his inamorata.
CubaArthur D. Hall
inamorata
- a woman with whom one is in love; a female lover
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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).
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