† amatorion.

Inflections: Plural amatorii.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian amatorio.

Etymology: < Italian amatorio, adjective (see amatory adj.), used to designate a decorated piece of ceramics intended as a love gift (1881 or earlier with reference to a plate; compare the phrase piatto amatorio plate intended as a love gift, cited in quot. 1869, but apparently only attested from the first half of the 20th cent. in Italian). Compare (with the feminine form of the adjective) Italian coppa amatoria cup intended as a love gift (1859 or earlier).

Ceramics. Obsolete. rare.

A decorated ceramic object intended as a love gift; spec. a piece of majolica painted with the portrait of a lady and bearing a complimentary inscription. Cf. bacile amatore at bacile n.

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1851 J. Dennistoun Mem. Dukes of Urbino III. ix. lv. 391 In a few cases (perhaps of amatorii or nuptial-gifts), I have found the very finest productions degraded by grossly indecent designs.

1869 Temple Bar July 125 ‘I wish to have prepared a “piatto amatorio”, of Majolica ware, to present to a lady on her birthday,’ said the Conte Ubaldi.]

1872 J. H. Treadwell Man. Pottery & Porcelain for Amer. Collectors 57 Among the curious and very interesting Majolica productions are the amatorii, or love plates. These generally bore the portraits of the ladies to whom they were presented, with inscriptions calculated to express the affection of the donor.

1917 Bull. Art Inst. Chicago 11 284/1 This ‘ongaresca’, or plate on a foot, represents what was known as an ‘amatorio’, or love gift.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	amatorio
释义	† amatorion. Inflections: Plural amatorii. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian amatorio. Etymology: < Italian amatorio, adjective (see amatory adj.), used to designate a decorated piece of ceramics intended as a love gift (1881 or earlier with reference to a plate; compare the phrase piatto amatorio plate intended as a love gift, cited in quot. 1869, but apparently only attested from the first half of the 20th cent. in Italian). Compare (with the feminine form of the adjective) Italian coppa amatoria cup intended as a love gift (1859 or earlier). Ceramics. Obsolete. rare. A decorated ceramic object intended as a love gift; spec. a piece of majolica painted with the portrait of a lady and bearing a complimentary inscription. Cf. bacile amatore at bacile n. ΚΠ 1851 J. Dennistoun Mem. Dukes of Urbino III. ix. lv. 391 In a few cases (perhaps of amatorii or nuptial-gifts), I have found the very finest productions degraded by grossly indecent designs. 1869 Temple Bar July 125 ‘I wish to have prepared a “piatto amatorio”, of Majolica ware, to present to a lady on her birthday,’ said the Conte Ubaldi.] 1872 J. H. Treadwell Man. Pottery & Porcelain for Amer. Collectors 57 Among the curious and very interesting Majolica productions are the amatorii, or love plates. These generally bore the portraits of the ladies to whom they were presented, with inscriptions calculated to express the affection of the donor. 1917 Bull. Art Inst. Chicago 11 284/1 This ‘ongaresca’, or plate on a foot, represents what was known as an ‘amatorio’, or love gift. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851
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