cicisbeo
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cicisbeo
A social role played by a man in post-renaissance Italy. Cicisbeos were the professed public companions or lovers of married noblewomen, and accompanied their mistresses in public functions with their husband’s expressed or tacit approval.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Both Ketton-Cremer and Lewis write rather complacently of Walpole's role as
cicisbeo. The object of his cicesbeatura was Marchesa Elisabetta Grifoni.
Dal canto suo la Marchesa Clarice, in mancanza del suo
cicisbeo conte Spasimo che si e dichiarato ammalato, ha dovuto farsi scortare al festino da suo marito marchese Lelio, seccatissimo di doverla servire ("Io son venuto a divertirmi ...
Walpole became Elisabetta's
cicisbeo or handbag carrier.
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