Vico

American  

[vik-oh, vee-koh, vee-kaw] / ˈvɪk oʊ, ˈvi koʊ, ˈvi kɔ /

noun

1. Giovanni Battista 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.

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Vico British  

/ ˈviːko, ˈvɪkəʊ /

noun

1. Giovanni Battista (dʒoˈvanni batˈtista). 1668–1744, Italian philosopher. In Scienza Nuova (1721) he postulated that civilizations rise and fall in evolutionary cycles, making use of myths, poetry, and linguistics as historical evidence

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Other Word Forms

• Viconian adjective

Example Sentences

The Scot even has a special shrine in Vico San Nicola al Nilo, and a nickname - "McFratm".

From BBC • May 23, 2025

A tall, restrained native Milanese, he cites Italy’s midcentury modern masters Achille Castiglioni and Vico Magistretti as mentors.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

Actor Vico Ortiz, who is Hispanic and nonbinary, defended Latinx during a recent interview on NBC’s “Today,” calling the Spanish language “incredibly binary.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 12, 2021

Growing up, Benito soaked up the sounds of iconic reggaeton rappers such as Daddy Yankee and Vico C as well as the Juan Gabriel and Héctor Lavoe that his mom blasted while they did housework.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2020

Another lost or mislaid comet is one found by De Vico at Rome, August 22, 1844.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)