gracioso
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of gracioso
1640–50; < Spanish: amiable, gracious, spirited (noun use of adj.) < Latin grātiōsus gracious
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The conductor moved about in most amiable gracioso from one seaside beauty to another, after having first brushed into order his hair which had been blown about by the sea-breeze.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
Gallantry is their main theme, an interesting and complicated, but well-constructed and perspicuous intrigue their chief feature; and this is usually accompanied by an underplot in which the gracioso plays his part.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
Fabio is an example of the attendant gracioso, half servant, half confidant, who appears often in the Spanish drama.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley
Another element which he established in the Spanish drama, was the comic under-plot, and the witty gracioso or droll, the parody of the heroic character of the play.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch
The 'Lying Lover' in Alarcon's play is a Don Garcia fresh from his studies in Salamanca, and Steele's Latine first appears there as a Tristan, the gracioso of old Spanish comedy.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
From the arts it makes its way into the national manners, and while it stirs applause from the people for the graciosos of comedy, it gives to the kings court-jesters.
From Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations by Eliot, Charles William
Yet one of your graciosos I cannot admire, in all the characters he assumes.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
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