innamorato Italian · revision 38996

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=before 1237, Re Giovanni|origins=la amor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /in.na.moˈra.to/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''innamorato''' (feminine innamorata, masculine plural innamorati, feminine plural innamorate, superlative innamoratissimo)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|inamorato]], [[roa-oit|ennamorato]], [[roa-oit|enamorato]] and [[scn|inamuratu]].^(GDLI)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[innamorare|t=to make someone fall in love]], used as an adjective and as a noun.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary) The verb is recorded from about 1230–1250 and is formed in Italian: [[af|it|in-|amore|-are|t2=love]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) DELI describes the prefix as the illative one, of motion “into”.^(DELI 1999) The same formation is [[fr|énamourer]], [[ca|enamorar]], [[es|enamorar]] and [[pt|enamorar]], and Wiktionary compares the noun [[pt|namorado|t=boyfriend]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is in a poem of Re Giovanni, written before 1237: “ch'io sono più 'namorato / che null'altro omo che sia” (“for I am more in love than any other man”).^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI)^(DIFIT) The noun ''innamorato'' “one who loves someone” follows in an anonymous text of the 13th century.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word belongs to the love poetry of the Sicilian school and its Tuscan followers: Rinaldo d'Aquino and Stefano Protonotaro (in the Sicilian form ''inamuratu'') have it, and in ''Purgatorio'' 29 Dante writes “cantando come donna innamorata”, “singing like a woman in love”.^(GDLI) Tommaseo's dictionary of 1869 records the noun for the person who is loved, and quotes uses for the love of God and of learning.^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ In the theatre the ''innamorati'' were the serious lovers of the Commedia dell'Arte, played without a mask.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) English took the word as ''inamorato'' in 1592 and the feminine ''inamorata'' in 1651, and German had ''Innamorato'' in 1839.^(DIFIT) Intensive phrases are ''innamorato cotto'', ''innamorato pazzo'' and ''innamorato perso'', all meaning “madly in love”.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1237 – Re Giovanni uses ''innamorato'' “in love”.^(DELI 1999)^(DIFIT)

+ * 13th century – The noun “lover” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1300–1313 – Dante writes of a singer “come donna innamorata”.^(GDLI)

+ * 1592 – English borrows the word as ''inamorato''.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1651 – English ''inamorata'' is recorded.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1839 – German ''Innamorato'' is recorded.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1869 – Tommaseo records the noun for “the beloved”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # In [[m|en|love]] (with ''di'' for the person): ''Si è innamorato di una collega e non sa come dirglielo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Very [[m|en|fond]] of something, [[m|en|passionate]] about it: ''È innamorata del suo vecchio quartiere.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(literary)'' Showing or inspiring love, Leopardi's “sguardi innamorati e schivi” are glances full of love and shy.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|lover]], a person in love: ''Sul ponte c'erano due innamorati che guardavano il fiume.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(popular)'' A [[m|en|boyfriend]] or [[m|en|suitor]]; the feminine ''innamorata'' is a girlfriend.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(theatre)'' One of the serious lovers of the Commedia dell'Arte, also called ''amoroso''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[innamoratamente]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[innamorare]]

+ * [[innamoramento]]

+ * [[amore]]

+ * [[amoroso]]

+ * [[la|amor]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Fare l'innamorato'' means “to pretend to be in love”.^(Gabrielli 2020) ''Essere innamorato di sé'' is to be full of oneself.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}