单词 | italianate |
释义 | Italianateadj.n. A. adj. 1. Rendered Italian; that has become or been made Italian in character: see Italianate v.Often with allusion to the Italian proverb Inglese Italianato è un diavolo incarnato, ‘Englishman Italianate is a devil incarnate’ (see quots. 1591, 1659, and quots. 1598 at sense 1,1660 at Italianated adj. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [adjective] Itaile1513 Italianish1535 Italish1544 Italiana1549 Italianated1560 Italianate1572 Italical1609 Italic1638 Eyetalian1838 Italianizing1881 wop1928 ginzo1937 Eyetie1941 1572 E. Grindal Let. Ld. Burleigh in Wks. (Parker Soc.) 332 The number of obdurate papists and Italianate atheists is great at this time. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage To Rdr. sig. Bv I am English borne, and I have English thoughts, not a diuel incarnate because I am Italianat. 1659 J. Howell Ital. Prov. Let. Ital. Prov. sig. *A4v, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) An Englishman Italionat is a Devill Incarnat. 1880 Sat. Rev. 30 Oct. 552/2 An English girl that is Italianate must expect..to live among ideas and manners so strange to her that her existence can scarcely be made harmonious. 2. Of Italian character, form, or aspect. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Italy > [adjective] Itaile1513 Italianish1535 Italiana1549 Italianate1592 Italianated1616 transalpine1624 Italic1638 Italianesque1850 ginzo1937 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. I v I comprehend..vnder hypocrisie, al Machiauilisme, puritanisme,..and finally all Italionate conueyances. 1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 97 A scrude face, an artfull Cringe, or an Italionate ducke. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella I. i. vi. 98 The small Italianate physique of his son. An Italianate person. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Italy Itailec1400 Italian1439 Italianate1587 trans alpiner1599 transalpine1617 Eyetalian1838 macaroni1845 ice-creamer1851 Eyetie1919 paesanoa1930 spaghetti1931 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. v. i. 130 I passe ouer to saie anie more of these Italionates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Italianatev. transitive. To render Italian; to give an Italian character to; to Italianize. Usually in a depreciatory sense, esp. with reference to the imitation of Italian fashions and morals by English courtiers in the 16th and 17th centuries; cf. Italianate adj. 1. ΘΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [verb (transitive)] Italianate1567 Italianize1673 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. x. sig. Ddv Ytalianated in legerdemaines of subteltye. 1599 H. Holland in R. Greenham Wks. To Rdr. The world was neuer more full of Italian conceits, nor men more in danger..to be Italianated. 1615 R. A. Valiant Welshman i. iv. sig. Cv My brayne Italianates my barren faculties To Machiuilian blacknesse. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 41 The longer He lived in England, the less He had of an English-man, daily more and more Italianating Himself. a1687 Duke of Buckingham Key to Rehearsal Pref. p. ix, in Misc. Wks. (1705) II The Decorum of Foreign-Theatres, especially the French..before it was so far Italianated. 1899 E. Gosse Life J. Donne i. 36 Soft and voluptuous measures Italianating the rude tongues of the preceding generation. Derivatives Iˈtalianating adj. Π 1879 E. Gosse Stud. Lit. N. Europe 242 This Italianating spirit was not lessened..by the next step taken. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1572v.1567 |
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