amorino

[ am-uh-ree-noh; Italian ah-maw-ree-naw ]

noun,plural a·mo·ri·ni [am-uh-ree-nee]. /ˌæm əˈri ni/. Fine Arts.
  1. a putto represented as an infant cupid.

Origin of amorino

1
1855–60; <Italian, equivalent to amor(e) love (see amoretto) + -ino diminutive suffix (<Latin -īnus adj. suffix)

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How to use amorino in a sentence

  • She crept on and groped for the lock beneath the plaster amorino's hand.

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  • The "amorino" was evidently and rudely urging his advances upon the girl, and she kept him back, crimsoned with blushes.