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cicerone

[ sis-uh-roh-nee, chich-uh-; Italian chee-che-raw-ne ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural cic·e·ro·nes, Italian cic·e·ro·ni [chee-che-, raw, -nee].

cicerone

/ ˌsɪsəˈrəʊnɪ; ˌtʃɪtʃ- /

1720–30; Italian < Latin Cicerōnem, accusative of Cicerō Cicero, the guide being thought of as having the knowledge and eloquence of Cicero

C18: from Italian: antiquarian scholar, guide, after Cicero , alluding to the eloquence and erudition of these men

Much like the duality of his shop, Simon is half goateed-rocker, half cicerone sage.

A young Englishman, a wine merchant, accompanied us in our journey through this sultry valley and was our cicerone.

What I needed, when I arrived, was an honest and disinterested cicerone to put me on my guard against people and things.

Their cicerone was a very tall staff-officer who looked slightly worried by his cosmopolitan responsibilities.

An intelligent Jew was our cicerone, and read us some Hebrew out of the precious old book of the law.

M. Piron, the cicerone and the very humble servant of M. Dupin, multiplied his formul of adulation.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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