- Italianate Englishman
- Italianate Englishman nounAn Englishman of the Renaissance, full of Italian learning and vices, proverbially equivalent to a devil incarnate• • •Main Entry: ↑Italian
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Primary Sources — ♦ Bruce, John, ed. Historie of the Arrivall of Edward IV in England and the Final Recouerye of His Kingdomes from Henry VI. In Three Chronicles of the Reign of Edward IV. Introduction by Keith Dockray. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Alan Sutton… … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
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Destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain — Trentham Hall demolished in 1912. The Italianate Trentham was so lavish that the Shah of Persia in 1873 remarked to the future King Edward VII, of their host too grand for a subject, you ll have to have his head off when you come to the throne.… … Wikipedia
pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… … Universalium
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Italianize — I*tal ian*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Italianized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Italianizing}.] [Cf. F. italianiser, It. italianizzare.] [1913 Webster] 1. To play the Italian; to speak Italian. Cotgrave. [1913 Webster] 2. To render Italian in any respect; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Italianized — Italianize I*tal ian*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Italianized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Italianizing}.] [Cf. F. italianiser, It. italianizzare.] [1913 Webster] 1. To play the Italian; to speak Italian. Cotgrave. [1913 Webster] 2. To render Italian in any… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
