signorino

American  

[seen-yaw-ree-noh, see-nyaw-ree-naw] / ˌsin yɔˈri noʊ, ˌsi nyɔˈri nɔ /

noun

plural

signorinos,

plural

signorini

1. a conventional Italian title of respect for a young man.

---

Etymology

Origin of signorino

1325–75; < Italian; diminutive of signore signore ¹ ( def. ); -ine ¹

Example Sentences

The man came back with nothing but the barren information, received from Giovanna, that the signorino was absent, having gone to Leghorn.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

Per Dio, he can swim like a fish, the povero signorino.

From The Call of the Blood by Lowell, Orson

But his eye falling on the white carnation which Giovanna, knowing her signorino was going in serata, had provided for his buttonhole, lines less grey came to his lips: “Neque tu choreas....”

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

"Do you want her to be here, signorino?"

From The Call of the Blood by Lowell, Orson

“The signorino who has come back,” said the servant, unable on the instant to recall the foreign name.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall