amourette

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noun

A petty love affair.

OriginFrench amourette →
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Meanings

nounamourette (plural amourettes)

plural amourettes

  1. A petty love affair.

    I thought it only an amourette when you told me. It was a fire — a conflagration; subdue it.

    1876, The New York Drama, volumes 1-2, page 1
  2. The love grass, or quaking grass.
  3. A cupid.

Origin

  1. Frenchamourette
  2. Englishamourette

From French amourette.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with amourette

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APA

amourette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amourette

MLA

“amourette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amourette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amourette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amourette.

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