amoret, amorette, amourette, amoretto

[Fr. amourette = (1) love, (2) a love affair.] 1. An amorous woman; a wanton girl. "When amorets no more can shine, And Stella owns she's not divine." Dr. J. Warton: Poems : Sappho's Advice. "And eke as well by amorettes In mourning black, as bright brunettes," 2. A love-knot (?). Rom . of the Rose. "For not iclad in silke was he, But all in flour is and flourettes, I-painted all with amorettes." Rom. of the Rose, 892 3. A petty amour; a trifling flirtation. "Three amours I have had in my lifetime; as for amourettes, they are not worth mentioning."- Walsh's Letters. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0469.png:[blocks in formation] Spenser uses Amoret, Amorett, or Amoretta , ăm-or-oŭs'-lý, adv . [Eng. amorous ; -ly.] In as a proper naine. "With whom she went to seeke faire Amoret ." Spenser: F. Q. , IV. vi. 46. "Faire Amorett must dwell in wicked chaines, And Scud a more here die with sorrowing." Ibid ., III. xi. 24. "She bore Belphœbe; she bore in like cace Fayre Amoretta in the second place." Ibid ., III. vi. 4.