Definition of Italianating

1. Verb. (present participle of Italianate) ¹

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Definition of Italianating

1. italianate [v] - See also: italianate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Italianating

ita
ita palm
itacism
itacisms
itacist
itacists
itacolumite
itaconate
itaconates
itaconic
itaconic acid
ital
italianate
italianated
italianates
italianating (current term)
italianise
italianised
italianises
italianising
italianize
italianized
italianizes
italianizing
italic
italicisation
italicisations
italicise
italicised
italicises

Literary usage of Italianating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1875)
"The euphuistic style was an exaggeration of the ' italianating' taste which had begun with the revival of our poetical literature in the days of Henry VIII, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... been to say that it was a mere " exaggeration of the italianating taste which had begun with the revival of our poetical literature' under Henry VIII. ..."

3. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"... the less he had of an Englishman, daily more and more italianating himself, and conversing most with the merchants of that country. ..."

4. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... archbishop of Canterbury, one who, the Pole. longer he lived in England, the less he had of ail Englishman, daily more and more italianating himself, ..."

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