Etymology

cicisbeo

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Today it means: A man who escorts a married woman to social functions, especially in 18th-century Italy; a married woman's lover. Full definition →

Italian cicisbeo
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromcicisbeo
  2. English todaycicisbeo

Borrowed from Italian cicisbeo, of onomatopoeic origin.

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