A young man in love; a lover or sweetheart, especially used in a somewhat whimsical or literary sense.
From French 'amoret,' a diminutive form derived from Old French 'amour' (love), from Latin 'amor.' The diminutive '-et' suffix suggests a small or young lover.
In Renaissance poetry, an 'amoret' was a stock character—the lovelorn young man pining away in verses, which was so common it became a literary joke!
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