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▪ I. ‖ cicerone|tʃitʃeˈrone, sɪsəˈrəʊnɪ|
Pl. -ˈoni rarely cicerones.
[It. cicerone (:—L. Cicerō-nem), the name of the great Roman orator, Cicero; supposed to refer to his learning or eloquence. Cf. the use of mentor. (But the historical origin is unknown; our English quotations are earlier than any given in the Italian Dicts.)]
A guide who shows and explains the antiquities or curiosities of a place to strangers.
(Apparently originally given to learned Italian antiquarians, whose services were sought by visitors seeking information about the antiquities of a place; subsequently usurped by the ordinary professional ‘guide’.) Also transf. to a ‘guide’ through a period of literature, etc.
1726Addison Dial. Medals i. (L.), It surprised me to see my cicerone so well acquainted with the busts and statues of all the great people of antiquity. 17..Pope To Mr. Bethell-Ruffhead 299 (L.) An army of virtuosi, medalists, ciceroni, Royal Society men. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. III. 179 These fellows [guides up Vesuvius] are styled nothing less than Ciceroni, the proper title of learned antiquarians who show and explain to foreigners the antiquities and curiosities of the country. 1791T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 237 One Christie, who is considered as the Cicerone and Antiquarian of Glen Almon. 1802Eustace Classic. Tour Prelim. Dissert., The common guides are lazy and interested, cicerones are often ignorant. 1880Lit. World 24 Dec. 435/1 Those who desire a good and well-informed cicerone in the fields of general literature.
Hence ˈciceronage, ciceˈroneship, ˈciceronism, the function or action of a cicerone; ˈciceroˌnize v. [F. cicéroniser], to act the cicerone (to).
(These are hardly more than nonce-words, and have no established pronunciation.)
1884Ch. Bells 716 Viewing the beauties of the building, under the ciceronage of one of the clergy. 1843I. F. Romer Rhone, etc. II. 198 Some military friends who had obtained for us..the ciceroneship of an intelligent sergeant of artillery. 1853Blackw. Mag. LXXIV. 289 Delighted to have the pretext of ciceronism to revisit all manner of queer haunts. 1832tr. Tour Germ. Prince II. xi. 196 The girl showed me three rooms..while she ciceronised in the following words. 1842Blackie in Tait's Mag. IX. 747 Quacks..to Ciceronize the traveller in the several provinces of so wide a kingdom.
▪ II. cicerone, v.|tʃitʃeˈron, sɪsəˈrəʊn|
[f. the n.]
trans. To act as cicerone or guide to.
1789F. Burney Diary & Corr. (1842) V. 55 My constant Capt. Duckworth kept me again wholly to his own cicerone-ing. 1826Moore Diary in P. H. Clayden Rogers (1889) I. 425 Ciceronied very agreeably round the room by Rogers. 1837Lockhart Scott lxiii, At all of which places we were bountifully entertained and assiduously ciceroned. 1841Lever Chas. O'Malley xvii, Webber..was leisurely ciceroning his friends. 1886H. Merivale in Temple-bar Mag. I. 557 Then he ciceroned us. |