Amourette

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A petty love affair.

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

  2. 2
    The love grass, or quaking grass.
  3. 3
    A cupid.

Example

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

Etymology

From French amourette.

Related phrases

love affairlove grassquaking grass

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