dolce stil nuovo

noun

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.

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Meanings

noundolce stil nuovo (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableliteratureA 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.

Origin

  1. Italiandolce stil nuovo
  2. Englishdolce stil nuovo

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

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