cicisbeo
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cicisbeo
From Italian
Example Sentences
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"C'est convenable, j'espère hein?" she murmurs, and her bald-headed cicisbeo, who has taken possession of her sheet, hastens to assure her that all is well.
From Affairs of State by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
Ask the name, the husband, the wife, or the cicisbeo, of any person, et voila qui est fini.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter
That was the meaning of her smile, and probably of the spiteful words she murmured in the ear of her cicisbeo, telling him my history no doubt, rating mine as a common love affair.
From The Magic Skin by Marriage, Ellen
Father Andrea, who was of Florentine birth, would go with them; and with such a cicisbeo, they would see and understand all the treasures of the past and the present, antique and modern art.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Heretofore, he had shunned everything that could secure for him the reputation of a cicisbeo.
From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion
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