cicisbeo
an escort or lover of a married woman.
Origin of cicisbeo
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How to use cicisbeo in a sentence
The restricted intellectual relationship between husband and wife is explained partly by the fact that the cicisbeo still exists.
The Modern Woman's Rights Movement | Kaethe SchirmacherThe cicisbeo is a bony cartilaginous gentleman, fixed perpendicularly on his saddle like a telegraph-pole.
A Tour Through The Pyrenees | Hippolyte Adolphe TaineIf she has one cicisbeo, or ten, the whole affair is selon les règles.
Heretofore, he had shunned everything that could secure for him the reputation of a cicisbeo.
Jessamine | Marion HarlandOne thing let me tell you; never admit your cicisbeo to an unlimited familiarity; they are first suspected.
The Sylph, Volume I and II | Georgiana Cavendish
British Dictionary definitions for cicisbeo
/ Italian (tʃitʃizˈbɛːo) /
the escort or lover of a married woman, esp in 18th-century Italy
Origin of cicisbeo
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