conversazionen.

/kɒnvəˌsatsɪˈəʊneɪ/

Forms: Plural conversazioni /-ˈəʊniː/, now usually conversaziones. Also in 1700s conversatione.

Etymology: < Italian conversazione (in 16th cent. -atione) conversation, assembly for conversation or social recreation.

1. In Italy, the name for an evening assembly for conversation, social recreation, and amusement (often described by travellers in the 18th cent.).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > evening gathering

conversazione1740

evening party1742

sociable1750

evening1791

soirée1793

Gregory1804

veillée1825

tertulia1828

swarry1837

social evening1844

1740 T. Gray Let. 19 Mar. in Corr. (1971) I. 144 The diversions of a Florentine Lent are..in the evening, what is called a conversazione, a sort of assembly at the principal people's houses, full of I cannot tell what.

1752 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 16 Mar. (1967) III. 12 I have often smile'd to my selfe in viewing our assemblys (which they call conversations) at Louvere.

1754 A. Drummond Travels 41 (T.) These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card-assemblies:—some played at cards, some passed the time in conversation, others walked from place to place.

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 283 In most little towns in Italy good music; and conversaziones in all.

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xx. 331 The conversazioni of the demi-monde where they say everything.

†2. Introduced into England, and applied to the private assembly now known as an ‘At Home’. (Occasionally anglicized as conversation n.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > a reception of visitors

conversation1740

at-home1745

conversazione1782

reception1847

afternoon1882

meet-and-greet1960

1782 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2012) V. 164 She is..foremost in collecting all extraordinary..people to her London conversaziones.

1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in Moral Tales III. 13 She held a sort of conversazione at her house..frequented by all foreigners.

a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) i. i, in Wks. (1821) II. 26 The charade you made last night extempore at Mrs. Drowzie's conversazione.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII cvii. 108 With evening came the banquet and the wine; The conversazione; the duet.

3. From about the close of the 18th cent. chiefly applied to assemblies of an intellectual character, in connection with literature, art, or science.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > assembly for conversation

wharfOE

conversazione1789

baraza1863

hen-cackle1907

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > intellectual

conversazione1789

1789 A. Young Jrnl. 21 Nov. in Trav. France (1792) i. 238 In the evening to the conversazione of Signore Fabbroni, where I met Signore Pella, director of the gallery..the company did not assemble in order to converse on the trivial nonsense of common topics, like so many coteries in all countries.

1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 200 In the balls, concerts, and converzationes of polite literature.

a1845 T. Hood Ode W. Kitchener v Oh, hast thou still those Conversazioni, Where learned visitors discoursed—and fed?

4. Now chiefly used for a soirée given by a learned body or society of arts, at which the society's work is illustrated by the exhibition of specimens, experiments, and demonstrations.

ΚΠ

1834 Gentleman's Mag. 104 i. 208 Jan. 21, the members of this institution [i.e. the Architectural Society] held their first Conversazione for the season at Exeter Hall, which was attended by 200 professors and amateurs of architecture.

1864 A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (ed. 3) 276 The organizing of conversazioni for more familiar and popular addresses on scientific subjects.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conversazione
释义	conversazionen. /kɒnvəˌsatsɪˈəʊneɪ/ Forms: Plural conversazioni /-ˈəʊniː/, now usually conversaziones. Also in 1700s conversatione. Etymology: < Italian conversazione (in 16th cent. -atione) conversation, assembly for conversation or social recreation. 1. In Italy, the name for an evening assembly for conversation, social recreation, and amusement (often described by travellers in the 18th cent.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > evening gathering conversazione1740 evening party1742 sociable1750 evening1791 soirée1793 Gregory1804 veillée1825 tertulia1828 swarry1837 social evening1844 1740 T. Gray Let. 19 Mar. in Corr. (1971) I. 144 The diversions of a Florentine Lent are..in the evening, what is called a conversazione, a sort of assembly at the principal people's houses, full of I cannot tell what. 1752 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 16 Mar. (1967) III. 12 I have often smile'd to my selfe in viewing our assemblys (which they call conversations) at Louvere. 1754 A. Drummond Travels 41 (T.) These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card-assemblies:—some played at cards, some passed the time in conversation, others walked from place to place. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 283 In most little towns in Italy good music; and conversaziones in all. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xx. 331 The conversazioni of the demi-monde where they say everything. †2. Introduced into England, and applied to the private assembly now known as an ‘At Home’. (Occasionally anglicized as conversation n.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > a reception of visitors conversation1740 at-home1745 conversazione1782 reception1847 afternoon1882 meet-and-greet1960 1782 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2012) V. 164 She is..foremost in collecting all extraordinary..people to her London conversaziones. 1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in Moral Tales III. 13 She held a sort of conversazione at her house..frequented by all foreigners. a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) i. i, in Wks. (1821) II. 26 The charade you made last night extempore at Mrs. Drowzie's conversazione. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII cvii. 108 With evening came the banquet and the wine; The conversazione; the duet. 3. From about the close of the 18th cent. chiefly applied to assemblies of an intellectual character, in connection with literature, art, or science. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > assembly for conversation wharfOE conversazione1789 baraza1863 hen-cackle1907 society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > intellectual conversazione1789 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 21 Nov. in Trav. France (1792) i. 238 In the evening to the conversazione of Signore Fabbroni, where I met Signore Pella, director of the gallery..the company did not assemble in order to converse on the trivial nonsense of common topics, like so many coteries in all countries. 1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 200 In the balls, concerts, and converzationes of polite literature. a1845 T. Hood Ode W. Kitchener v Oh, hast thou still those Conversazioni, Where learned visitors discoursed—and fed? 4. Now chiefly used for a soirée given by a learned body or society of arts, at which the society's work is illustrated by the exhibition of specimens, experiments, and demonstrations. ΚΠ 1834 Gentleman's Mag. 104 i. 208 Jan. 21, the members of this institution [i.e. the Architectural Society] held their first Conversazione for the season at Exeter Hall, which was attended by 200 professors and amateurs of architecture. 1864 A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (ed. 3) 276 The organizing of conversazioni for more familiar and popular addresses on scientific subjects. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1740
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