PUTTO


Meaning of PUTTO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpü-(ˌ)tō ]

noun

( plural put·ti -(ˌ)tē)

Etymology: Italian, literally, boy, from Vulgar Latin * puttus, alteration of Latin putus; akin to Latin puer boy — more at puerile

Date: 1644

: a figure of an infant boy especially in European art of the Renaissance — usually used in plural

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