inamorata

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   literary or humorous: a woman with whom someone is in love; a female lover

   The singer dedicated the final aria to his inamorata.

Borrowed from Italian innamorata, the feminine of innamorato ('lover; person in love'), from innamorare ('to make someone fall in love'). The Italian verb combines in- with amore ('love'), ultimately from Latin amor.

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