Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amoretto

/ˌæməˈɹɛtoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: amoret-to
IPA: /ˌæməˈɹɛtoʊ/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cupid or putto (representation of a naked baby or small child, often with wings).

noun

noun

A male sweetheart, lover.

Example Sentences

"1622, Henry Peacham, The Compleat Gentleman, London: Francis Constable, Chapter 12, “Andreas Orgagna,” p. 131, One of his best peeces he wrought in Pisa, which was all sorts of worldly and sensuall Epicures, rioting and banquetting vnder the shaddow of an Orenge tree, within the branches and bowes whereof, sly little Amorettos or Cupids, shooting at sundry Ladies lasciuiously dancing and dallying amongst them […]"
"[…] a golden Eden of Joy, of bliss and marital raptures surrounded by choiring throngs of rosy amoretti […]"
"He was enchanted by the architecture of the city. Merry amoretti wove garlands above windows."
"Amoretti — a set of sonnets by Edmund Spenser describing his courtship and marriage (1595)."
"[…] he hath espoused vs to him for euer. How doth hee himselfe sing his Amoretti, if not Epithalamion, his loues, in that Song of Songs? how did hee put on our nature, in his Incarnation, to woo vs?"
"What is Life, and the best things in life, with which her Amorettoes and Idolatrous Adorers are so delighted?"

Etymology

An Italian diminutive of Amore, the god of love.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌæməˈɹɛtoʊ/
British English: /ˌæməˈɹɛtəʊ/

Inflected Forms

amorettos (plural) amoretti (plural)

Homonyms

amaretto

Rhymes With

ghetto stiletto palmetto falsetto libretto amaretto cornetto lazaretto in petto duetto stretto dolcetto

Questions

How do you pronounce amoretto?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌæməˈɹɛtoʊ/.
What does amoretto mean?: A cupid or putto (representation of a naked baby or small child, often with wings).
Where does amoretto come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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