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Inamorata N Female Lover Mistress He...Buried Valleys Forests

Word inamorata
Definition n. A female lover, a mistress.
Sentence He...buried himself in the valleys and forests as animals do, followed by his inamoratas like a cock by his hens.
Source Baudolino, Umberto Eco, p.245

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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