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am⋅a⋅ret⋅to
[am-uh-ret-oh, ah-muh-] 
–noun
| an Italian liqueur with a slightly bitter almond flavor. |
Origin:
1975–80; < It, dim. of amaro bitter < L amārus
1975–80; < It, dim. of amaro bitter < L amārus
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| am·a·ret·to (ām'ə-rět'ō) n. pl. am·a·ret·tos An Italian liqueur flavored with almond. [Italian, diminutive of amaro, bitter, from Latin amārus.] |
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Amaretto
It. almond-flavored liqueur, 1945 (the original brand, Amaretto di Saronno, dates to 1851), from the It. word for almond (q.v.), which did not acquire the excrescent -l- of the Eng. word. Sometimes confused with amoretto (1596), from It., lit. "little love," a dim. of amore "love." This word was variously applied to love sonnets, cupids, etc. Amoroso (lit. "lover"), a type of sweetened sherry, is attested from c.1870.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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