inamorata

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Borrowed from Italian innamorata, the feminine form of innamorato (lover, boyfriend), from innamorare (to make somebody fall in love), from in- (in) + amore (love).

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inamorata (plural inamoratas)

  1. A female lover or woman with whom one is in love; a mistress.
    • 1828, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XVI, in Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman. , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 111:
      Presently Monsieur Margot made his appearance. Though very much surprised at seeing me, he did not appear the least jealous of my attentions to his inamorata.

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