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Italianate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Italian in style or character.

    ""This was a residence designed for living on a grand scale, with gilt chandeliers dangling overhead, rich oil paintings adorning walls, and Italianate marble fireplaces in every room.""

  2. 2
    Pertaining to a style of Latin pronunciation imitating the modern Roman dialect of Italian, originally popularized outside of Italy by ultramontane Roman Catholics in the 19th and early 20th centuries. specifically

    "Work on how Latin would have sounded in music settings using the vernacular version of pronunciation is now under way and singers are beginning to adopt the appropriate sounds as far as these are known. The differences from Italianate Latin are often striking."

Verb
  1. 1
    To Italianize.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

From Italian + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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