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ˌItalo- used as the combining form of Italian in various formations, as ˌItalo-Byˈzantine a., pertaining to Byzantine art as developed in Italy; Italo-Celtic, Italo-Keltic, a postulated common parent language of Italian and Celtic; also as adj., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of this language; ˌItalo-ˈGrecian, -ˈGreek a., pertaining to Greek settlers or Greek civilization in Italy; ˌItalo-ˈmania, a mania for things Italian; ˈItaloˌphil, -ˌphile a., friendly to Italy or to what is Italian; n., one who is Italophile; ˈItaloˌphobe, one affected with ˌItaloˈphobia, intense dislike or fear of Italy.
1783H. Swinburne Trav. Two Sicilies I. 353 Sent to lay the first stone of this Italo-Græco-Corsinian seminary. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 325 The second period, which may be called the Italo-Grecian, continued till about the extinction of the Antonines. 1841–4Emerson Ess. Ser. i. i. (1876) 25 The..Italomania of Boston Bay. 1877W. Jones Finger-ring 458 A splendid specimen of a large gold ring of the best Italo-Greek work. 1877J. Rhys Lect. Welsh Philol. i. 5 Some subdivide the Southern division into an Italo-Celtic and a Hellenic group, while others prefer to suppose a Celtic and a Greco-Italic group. 1883C. C. Perkins Ital. Sculpt. Introd. 12 Ornaments and animals in the same Italo-Byzantine style. 1888J. Wright tr. Brugmann's Elem. Compar. Gram. Indo-Gmc. Lang. I. 3 The Italo-Keltic hypothesis has perhaps the best prospect of attaining a greater degree of probability in the future. 1906Daily Chron. 28 Mar. 5/4 The appointment of the Italophile reactionary Miushkovitch Ministry. 1920G. E. Buckle Life Disraeli V. iii. 130 Protestant and Italophil England rejoiced. 1921Contemp. Rev. Oct. 494 Some Italophobe Germans. 1922Ibid. Sept. 302 The official state of hostility between the Vatican and Italy and the periodical protests against it..maintain in the Catholic masses a feeling of Italophobia. 1927Scots Observer 26 Mar. 12/5 Italy found it easier to buy Ahmed Zogu, turn him into an Italophil. 1932W. L. Graff Lang. 375 Italo-Celtic was probably once a common group of closely related dialects. 1933L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 62 Some scholars believe that Italic and Celtic are connected.., so as to form an Italo-Celtic sub-group within the Indo-European family. 1958N. Gordimer World of Strangers 20 She..was a passionate Italophile, scattering her speech with cara mia's. 1966E. P. Hamp in Birnbaum & Puhvel Anc. Indo-European Dial. 116 Germanic and..Italo-Keltic have -yo/ī̆, almost leveled out for both verb types. 1967C. Seton-Watson Italy from Liberalism to Fascism x. 378 The Italophil Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Gueshov, offered an alliance. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Oct. 1151/1 Such an experienced Italophile. |