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Definition of Amorosa
1. n. A wanton woman; a courtesan.
Definition of Amorosa
1. Noun. (archaic) A wanton woman; a courtesan. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amorosa
1. a female lover [n -S] - See also: lover
Medical Definition of Amorosa
1. A wanton woman; a courtesan. Origin: It. Amoroso, fem. Amorosa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amorosa
Literary usage of Amorosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indebtedness of Chaucer's Works to the Italian Works of Boccaccio: (a by Hubertis Maurice Cummings (1916)
"227-67), a list of parallels is prepared which is designed to reveal relations
between the amorosa Visione (Opere Volgari, Vol. ..."
2. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature by JOHN ADDINGTON. SYMONDS (1881)
"... of the Book—Its Moral Character—The Visione amorosa—Boccaccio's Descriptions—The
... amorosa ..."
3. Life of Petrarch by Thomas Campbell, Johann Georg Pfister (1841)
"... Tasso — He returns to Florence at the command of his Father—Despair of his
Mistress-His amorosa Visione —His Fiammetta—He returns to Naples-Goes back to ..."
4. Turns and Movies, and Other Tales in Verse by Conrad Aiken (1916)
"amorosa AND COMPANY WELL, there was still a sure hand, anyway, When she stood up
alone, in a casket of light, In the jet velvet blackness; and round her ..."
5. Collected Plays and Poems by Cale Young Rice (1915)
"VIA amorosa (To AHR) When we two walk, my love, on the path The moon makes over
the sea, To the end of the world where sorrow hath An end that is ecstasy, ..."
6. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1906)
"... of the Book—Its Moral Character—The ' Visione amorosa'—Boccaccio's Descriptions—The
... amorosa ..."
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