单词 | cicerone |
释义 | ciceronen. A guide who shows and explains the antiquities or curiosities of a place to strangers.(Apparently originally given to learned Italian antiquarians, whose services were sought by visitors seeking information about the antiquities of a place; subsequently usurped by the ordinary professional ‘guide’.) Also transferred to a ‘guide’ through a period of literature, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > one who guides or leads > strangers or tourists sightsmanc1660 xenagogue1674 ciceronea1719 valet-de-place1750 lionizer1829 provodnik1888 tourist guide1924 travel guide1934 a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. i. 443 It surprized me to see my Ciceroni so well acquainted with the busts and statues of all the great people of antiquity. 1742 A. Pope Corr. 1 Jan. (1956) IV. 377 An Army of Virtuosi, Medalists, Ciceronis, Royal Society-men. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 179 These fellows [guides up Vesuvius] are styled nothing less than Ciceroni, the proper title of learned antiquarians who show and explain to foreigners the antiquities and curiosities of the country. 1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 237 One Christie, who is considered as the Cicerone and Antiquarian of Glen Almon. 1813 J. C. Eustace Tour through Italy I. p. lix The common guides are lazy and interested, Cicerones are often ignorant. 1880 Lit. World 24 Dec. 435/1 Those who desire a good and well-informed cicerone in the fields of general literature. Derivatives These are hardly more than nonce-words, and have no established pronunciation. ˈciceronage n. the function or action of a cicerone. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > guiding tourists ciceroneship1843 ciceronism1853 ciceronage1884 1884 Ch. Bells 716 Viewing the beauties of the building, under the ciceronage of one of the clergy. ciceˈroneship n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > guiding tourists ciceroneship1843 ciceronism1853 ciceronage1884 1843 I. F. Romer Rhone II. 198 Some military friends who had obtained for us..the ciceroneship of an intelligent sergeant of artillery. ˈciceronism n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > guiding tourists ciceroneship1843 ciceronism1853 ciceronage1884 1853 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 289 Delighted to have the pretext of ciceronism to revisit all manner of queer haunts. ˈciceroˌnize v. [French cicéroniser] to act the cicerone (to). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > accompany as a guide > strangers or tourists cicerone1789 to show round1819 to take about1823 ciceronize1832 to show around ——1839 to show around1847 1832 S. Austin tr. H. L. H. von Pückler-Muskau Tour German Prince II. xi. 196 The girl showed me three rooms..while she ciceronised in the following words. 1842 Blackie in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 747 Quacks..to Ciceronize the traveller in the several provinces of so wide a kingdom. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). ciceronev. transitive. To act as cicerone or guide to. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > accompany as a guide > strangers or tourists cicerone1789 to show round1819 to take about1823 ciceronize1832 to show around ——1839 to show around1847 1789 F. Burney Diary & Lett. 21 Aug. (1842) V. 55 My constant Captain Duckworth kept me again wholly to his own cicerone-ing. 1826 Moore Diary in P. H. Clayden Rogers (1889) I. 425 Ciceronied very agreeably round the room by Rogers. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott lxiii At all of which places we were bountifully entertained and assiduously ciceroned. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley xvii Webber..was leisurely ciceroning his friends. 1886 H. Merivale in Temple-bar Mag. I. 557 Then he ciceroned us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1719v.1789 |
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