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‖ tedesco, a. (n.)|teˈdesko| Pl. tedeschi |-ki|. Also tedesque |-ˈɛsk|. [It. tedesco German; ad. med.L. theodisc-us: cf. Goth. þiudisk, OE. þéodisc, OHG. diutisc, MHG. tiutsch, diutsch, Ger. deutsch: see Dutch.] The Italian word for German; esp. used to express Teutonic influence as shown in some spheres of Italian art.
1814Byron Jrnl. 20 Feb. in Moore Life (1830) I. 501 The Tedeschi dramatists. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 551/2 The Coro Alto was carved in a quaint tedesque style. 1874T. G. Appleton in Longfellow's Life (1891) III. 232 Achille denounced the Tedesco with the traditionary hatred of the Austrian. 1883C. C. Perkins Ital. Sculpture i. iv. 51 note, Minute works in the ‘semi-tedesco’ style, then in fashion. |