My old Cicisbee says it would do: & he is (or was poor fellow!) a famous Scholar.
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Cicisbeo
//ˌt͡ʃit͡ʃəzˈbeɪoʊ//
Synonyms for "cicisbeo" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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6 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 9 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- cicisbeo noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
French
4 entries- cavalier servant noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
- chevalier servant noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
- cicisbée noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
- sigisbée noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
German
2 entries- Cicisbeo noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
- Hausfreund noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
Ido
1 entries- cicisbeo noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
Italian
2 entries- cavalier servente noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
- cicisbeo noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
Polish
1 entries- cicisbeo noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
Russian
1 entries- чичисбе́й noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
Spanish
1 entries- chichisbeo noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
Ukrainian
2 entries- чичисбе́й noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
- чічісбе́й noun (Married woman's gallant or lover)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The office of Cicisbeo is however an intolerably expensive one; especially to our countrymen.
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Of course a cicisbeo is a normal enough figure in Alexandrian life, but things are going to become socially very boring for you if you go out with those two so much.
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He accuses the women of having cicisbei, the girls of having lovers.
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