- Giovanni Jacopo Casanova
- nounan Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798)• Instance Hypernyms: ↑adventurer, ↑venturer
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Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt — noun an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725 1798) • Syn: ↑Casanova, ↑Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, ↑Casanova de Seingalt • Instance Hypernyms: ↑adventurer, ↑venturer … Useful english dictionary
Giovanni Jacopo Casanova — n. Casanova (1725 1798), Italian adventurer and writer … English contemporary dictionary
Casanova de Seingalt,Giovanni Jacopo — Cas·a·no·va de Sein·galt (kăs ə nōʹvə də săɴ gältʹ, kăz , kä sä nōʹvä), Giovanni Jacopo. 1725 1798. Italian adventurer who after his expulsion from a seminary wandered Europe, meeting luminaries, working in a variety of occupations, and… … Universalium
Casanova — ► NOUN ▪ a man notorious for seducing women. ORIGIN from the name of the Italian adventurer Giovanni Jacopo Casanova (1725 98) … English terms dictionary
Casanova de Seingalt — noun an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725 1798) • Syn: ↑Casanova, ↑Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, ↑Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt • Instance Hypernyms: ↑adventurer, ↑venturer … Useful english dictionary
Casanova — A casanova in today s usage is an unprincipled ladies man, a libertine, a rake, dedicated to the gratification of his lust. Such a person was Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Siengalt (1725 1798), born into a theatrical family. As a young man he… … Dictionary of eponyms
Casanova — n. Giovanni Jacopo Casanova (1725 1798), Italian adventurer and writer; womanizer, great lover; family name … English contemporary dictionary
Casanova — [ˌkasə nəʊvə, z ] noun a man notorious for seducing women. Origin from the name of the Italian adventurer Giovanni Jacopo Casanova (1725–98) … English new terms dictionary
Casanova (de Seingalt), Giovanni Jacopo/Giacomo — (1725–1798) Italian adventurer … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Casanova [2] — Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo de Seingalt, Abenteurer, geb. 2. April. 1725 zu Venedig, führte ein abenteuerliches Leben, befreite sich 1755 aus den Bleikammern in Venedig, kam 1785 als Bibliothekar des Grafen von Waldstein nach Dux in Böhmen, wo er… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
