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Definition of Cicisbeo
1. n. A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women.
Definition of Cicisbeo
1. Noun. (context: 18th century) A knightly servant of a high-born lady. ¹
2. Noun. A married woman's lover; a kept man. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cicisbeo
1. a lover of a married woman [n -BEI or -BEOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cicisbeo
Literary usage of Cicisbeo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages (1869)
"Fr.—"Formerly." "Ci-devant philosophers," that is, "Philosophers of other days,
former philosophers." cicisbeo. Ital.—"A dangler after a lady, lady-dangler ..."
2. The Queen of the Adriatic: Or, Venice, Past & Present by William Henry Davenport Adams (1869)
"... the peculiar institution of the cicisbeo, or the cavaliere servente—-two
characters which figured conspicuously in Venice for three centuries, ..."
3. Florence, the New Capital of Italy by Charles Richard Weld (1867)
"... Florence—Marriages—How managed—A Servile cicisbeo—A Story of an Establishment
at Turin—Masked and Fancy Balls—Fanciful Costumes—A Bacchante—Receptions ..."
4. 'Mann' and Manners at the Court of Florence, 1740-1786: Founded on the by Doran (John) (1876)
"Husband and wife dined together invariably ; the presence of the cicisbeo then
would have been an anachronism. But the faithful cavaliere servente presented ..."
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