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amorini

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a⋅mo⋅ri⋅no

[am-uh-ree-noh; It. ah-maw-ree-naw]
–noun, plural -ni [-nee] . Fine Arts.
a putto represented as an infant cupid.

Origin:
1855–60; < It, equiv. to amor(e) love (see amoretto ) + -ino dim. suffix (< L -īnus adj. suffix)
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