amorette

See also: Amorette

English

Noun

amorette (plural amorettes)

Obsolete form of amoret.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for amorette in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Middle English

Alternative forms

amourette

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amourette, form Old French amorette, from amor (“love”) + -ette (“diminutive suffix”); equivalent to amour +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /amuˈrɛt(ə)/, /ˈamurɛt(ə)/

Noun

amorette (plural amorettes)

amoret
- c. 1370s. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose. 890-2.
  For nought y-clad in silk was he,
  
  But al in floures and flourettes,
  
  Y-painted al with amorettes;

Descendants

English: amoret

References

“amorette, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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