Etymology

dolce stil nuovo

Today it means: A literary movement in 13th- and 14th-century Italy, influenced by the Sicilian School and Tuscan poetry, and having divine love as its main theme, often incorporating vivid descriptions of female beauty and likening women to angels. Full definition →

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  1. Italian · borrowed fromdolce stil nuovo
  2. English todaydolce stil nuovo

From Italian dolce stil nuovo (literally “sweet new style”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.