inamorato

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English

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Etymology

From Italian inamorato (now innamorato).

Noun

inamorato (plural inamoratos or inamorati)

  1. A lover; a gallant.
    • 1795, Joseph Addison, “An Essay on Card-playing”, in Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments; Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, page 67:
      Indeed I would advise every ſingle lady, if poſſible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table; []
    • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 14, in Vanity Fair , London: Bradbury and Evans , published 1848, →OCLC:
      Do let's have him, when you begin to see a few people; and his whatdyecallem—his inamorato—eh, Miss Sharp; that's what you call it—comes.