amorino

[ am-uh-ree-noh; Italian ah-maw-ree-naw ]

/ ˌæm əˈri noʊ; Italian ˌɑ mɔˈri nɔ /

a putto represented as an infant cupid.

Origin of amorino

1855–60; < Italian, equivalent to amor(e) love (see amoretto) + -ino diminutive suffix (< Latin -īnus adj. suffix)

amor patriae, amora, amoral, amorc, amoretto, amorino, amorist, amorite, amoroso, amorous, amorph

Drawings were made and approved: a few months afterwards the amorini were set up in the gardens.

The Mirrors of Downing Street |Harold Begbie
A troubadour and a singing girl amuse them with songs, amorini flutter around them and wave their torches.

Six Centuries of Painting |Randall Davies
His work is often excessively flamboyant and over-elaborate; he revelled in amorini and swags, arabesques and cartouches.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4 |Various
Note how he hangs his swags, and swings his amorini, from the horizontal borders.

The Tapestry Book |Helen Churchill Candee

The chariots are driven by Amorini, who are not attending to what they are about, and drive over one another.

Walks in Rome |Augustus J.C. Hare