cicisbeon.

/tʃitʃizˈbɛo/

Forms: Also 1700s cicisbee, cicisby, chichisbee. plural cicisbei, also cicisbeos.

Etymology: Italian; of uncertain origin: according to the Vocab. della Crusca, perhaps an inversion of bel cece ‘beautiful chick (pea)’; used just in the same sense. Pasqualino cited by Diez says from French chiche beau. In modern French sigisbée.

1. The name formerly given in Italy to the recognized gallant or cavalier servente of a married woman.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > practice of attending married woman > recognized gallant of married woman

cicisbeo1718

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 28 Aug. (1837) II. 75 The custom of cecisbeos [1966 ed.: Tetis beys]... I know not whether you have ever heard of those animals.

1774 Ann. Reg. 1773 Characters 66/2 The Chichisbeo is an appendix to matrimony.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal ii. ii. 23 A mere platonic Cicisbeo, that every Lady is entitled to.

1782 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XI. 158 English ladies are not attended by their cicisbys yet; nor would any English husband suffer it.

1786 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 339/2 Link'd arm in arm, she woes her cicisbee.

1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xxxvi. 19 The word was formerly a ‘Cicisbeo’, But that is now grown vulgar and indecent... But ‘Cavalier Servente’ is the phrase.

2. A knot of ribbon (such as might be worn by the cavalier servente) fastened to a sword-hilt, walking-stick, etc. [So in Italian.]

ΚΠ

a1771 T. Smollett in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	cicisbeo
释义	cicisbeon. /tʃitʃizˈbɛo/ Forms: Also 1700s cicisbee, cicisby, chichisbee. plural cicisbei, also cicisbeos. Etymology: Italian; of uncertain origin: according to the Vocab. della Crusca, perhaps an inversion of bel cece ‘beautiful chick (pea)’; used just in the same sense. Pasqualino cited by Diez says from French chiche beau. In modern French sigisbée. 1. The name formerly given in Italy to the recognized gallant or cavalier servente of a married woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > practice of attending married woman > recognized gallant of married woman cicisbeo1718 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 28 Aug. (1837) II. 75 The custom of cecisbeos [1966 ed.: Tetis beys]... I know not whether you have ever heard of those animals. 1774 Ann. Reg. 1773 Characters 66/2 The Chichisbeo is an appendix to matrimony. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal ii. ii. 23 A mere platonic Cicisbeo, that every Lady is entitled to. 1782 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XI. 158 English ladies are not attended by their cicisbys yet; nor would any English husband suffer it. 1786 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 339/2 Link'd arm in arm, she woes her cicisbee. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xxxvi. 19 The word was formerly a ‘Cicisbeo’, But that is now grown vulgar and indecent... But ‘Cavalier Servente’ is the phrase. 2. A knot of ribbon (such as might be worn by the cavalier servente) fastened to a sword-hilt, walking-stick, etc. [So in Italian.] ΚΠ a1771 T. Smollett in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1718
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