Ferraresen.adj.
/fɛrəˈriːz/ A. n. (plural)
The Ferrarese people. (Formerly also plural Ferareses.)
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Genowayc1400
Neapolitanc1425
Venetian1432
milliner1449
Milanese1484
Genevois1521
Genoeses1553
Pisan1559
Ferrarese1573
Florentine1591
Paduana1592
Amalfitan1600
Bergamask1602
Genovese1603
Genoan1608
Salernitan1608
Patavine1611
Vicentine1611
White Moors1617
Perugian1620
Genoesian1624
Lucchese1660
Veronese1673
Modenese1711
Pavian1712
Sienese1756
Patavinian1771
Livornese1789
Bolognese1818
Torinese1864
Assisian1870
Triestine1905
Luccan1911
Padovan1953
Cassinese1957
1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes ii. ii, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 19 These Ferareses be as craftie as the deuill of hell.
1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes ii. ii, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 19 They are Ferareses all.
1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xxiv. 111 To breed in Ferrara among thin-legged Ferrarese.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to Ferrara.
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Mantuan1538
fustianapes1550
Milanese1569
Genoway1603
trebuler1606
Pavian1633
Parthenopean1661
Modenese1693
Livornese1699
Genoese1741
Viennese1780
Sienese1814
Torinese1864
Assisian1870
Ferrarese1881
Padovan1893
Triestine1905
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 535/2 Messrs J. and H. Gwynne constructed some pumps for draining the Ferrarese Marshes.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Feb. 127/1 The Ferrarese school was itself derivative.
1948 E. Pound Pisan Cantos lxxvii. 53 In flat Ferrarese country.
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