cicisbeo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A man who escorts a married woman to social functions, especially in 18th-century Italy; a married woman's lover.

/ˌtʃɪtʃɪzˈbeɪəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cicisbeo.wav /ˌt͡ʃit͡ʃəzˈbeɪoʊ/

cicisbeo cicisbeos cicisbei cicisbee sigisbeo

Borrowed from Italian cicisbeo, of onomatopoeic origin.

cicisbea

cicisbeism

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