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cicisbeo

 [chee-chiz-bey-oh or, older, si-sis-bee-oh; It. chee-cheez-be-oh]   Origin

ci·cis·be·o

   [chee-chiz-bey-oh or, older, si-sis-bee-oh; It. chee-cheez-be-oh]
noun, plural ci·cis·be·i  [-bey-ee or, older, -bee-ee; It. -be-ee] . (esp. in Italy during the 17th and 18th centuries)
an escort or lover of a married woman.
Origin:
< Italian
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cicisbeo (tʃitʃizˈbɛːo)
 
—n , pl -bei
the escort or lover of a married woman, esp in 18th-century Italy
 
[C18: Italian, of uncertain origin]

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cicisbeo
1718, from It., "the recognized gallant of a married woman." Perhaps from Fr. chiche beau, or from Venetian dialect cici "the chattering of women" (attested in 18c.).
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