It showed Pennellini's ignorance of life that he should laugh at this history; and I prefer to treat it seriously, and to use it in explaining the precipitation with which Tonelli's latest inamorata returned his love.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
Nevertheless, the wit of his inamorata rankled, and after dinner he went with Eben to the barn to "hitch up."
"Stories of the Foot-hills"
Margaret Collier Graham
Richenda, who had begun by being his sweetheart, became his "intended," and once even his "inamorata."
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions