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punto | putto |

As a verb punto

is .

As a noun putto is

a representation, in a work of art (especially renaissance or baroque), of a small, naked, winged child; a cherub.

punto

English

Noun

  • (fencing) A point or hit.

    • Derived terms

    * punto diritto * punto reverso (Webster 1913) ----

    putto

    English

    Noun

    (putti)
  • A representation, in a work of art (especially Renaissance or Baroque), of a small, naked, winged child; a cherub.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 14:
  • *:The walls have ranks of white marble niches capped by huge marble scallops, and flanked by urns and flowers, drapes and putti .

    • Synonyms

    * amoretto

    See also

    * cupid

    Anagrams

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