Sienese

[ see-uh-neez, -nees ]

/ ˌsi əˈniz, -ˈnis /

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adjective

of or relating to Siena or its people.

pertaining to or designating the style of painting developed in Siena during the late 13th and 14th centuries, characterized by a use of Byzantine forms and iconography modified by an increased three-dimensional quality, decorative linear rhythms, and harmonious, although sometimes ornamental, color.

noun, plural Si·en·ese.

an inhabitant of Siena.

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Origin of Sienese

First recorded in 1750–60; Sien(a) + -ese

Words nearby Sienese

Sieglinde, Siegmeister, siemens, Siem Reap, Siena, Sienese, Sienkiewicz, sienna, Siepi, sierozem, sierra

How to use Sienese in a sentence

Her answer was more disastrous than any battle; she took her trade from the port of Pisa to the Sienese port Talamone.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
And then in the second chapel on the right is a lovely Sienese Madonna, and a strange fresco on the left wall of men taming bulls.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
Influenced in the beginning by the Sienese, the Umbrian school of painting remained almost entirely religious.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
The Palazzo itself consists of a huge central square block with Sienese battlements—square with hatched mouldings.
Cathedral Cities of Italy|William Wiehe Collins

Sienese boys smoke cheap cigarettes, and the older men get black Tuscan cigars, but this was different.
Olive in Italy|Moray Dalton