n. pl. put·ti (-tē) A representation of a small child, often naked and having wings, used especially in the art of the European Renaissance. [Italian, boy, from Vulgar Latin *puttus, from Latin putus; see pau-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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