cicerone
English
Etymology
1726,[1] from Italian cicerone (surface analysis cicero + -one (augmentative)), from Latin Cicerōnem, form of Cicerō, agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero), the Roman orator, from cicer (“chickpea”) from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- (“pea”). Possibly humorous reference to loquaciousness of guides.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
cicerone (plural cicerones or ciceroni)
- A guide who shows people around tourist sights.
- 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days, Part I, Chapter 7
- East, still doing the cicerone, pointed out all the remarkable characters to Tom as they passed […]
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 3:
- he was in the act of making his evening plans with the same smelly but nice cicerone in a café-au-lait suit whom he had hired already twice at the same Genoese hotel [...].
- 1987, Michael Brodsky, Xman, p. 360:
- Ultimately their gazes all rested on his cicerone as most powerful member of the group.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 279:
- “First,” advised their cicerone in the matter, Professor Svegli of the University of Pisa, “try to forget the usual picture in two dimensions.”
- 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days, Part I, Chapter 7
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Verb
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- (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To show (somebody) the sights, acting as a tourist guide.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cicerone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Italian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Cicerōnem, form of Cicerō, agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero), the Roman orator, from cicer (“chickpea”), a reference to his warts, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- (“pea”). Surface analysis cicero + -one (“( augmentative)”).
Noun
cicerone m (plural ciceroni)
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Portuguese
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian cicerone, named after Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Pronunciation
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Noun
cicerone m or f (plural s)
- cicerone (guide who shows people tourist sights)
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Spanish
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Noun
cicerone m or f (plural cicerones)
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