signorino

[ seen-yaw-ree-noh; Italian see-nyaw-ree-naw ]

/ ˌsin yɔˈri noʊ; Italian ˌsi nyɔˈri nɔ /

a conventional Italian title of respect for a young man.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

1325–75; < Italian; diminutive of signore signore1; see -ine¹

Ah, signorino, if I had been born you how happy I should be!
The Call of the Blood|Robert Smythe Hichens
On Monday evening, at the end of dinner, as she set the fruit before him, "The Signorino will take coffee?"
The Cardinal's Snuff-Box|Henry Harland
And as for deceiving the Signorino, you did it for his own good.
The Cardinal's Snuff-Box|Henry Harland
"Oh, yes—cosi, cosi; the Signorino is well enough," he answered.
The Cardinal's Snuff-Box|Henry Harland

The signorino was always very good, and he gave her an afternoon off when she asked for it.
Olive in Italy|Moray Dalton