stilo novoadv.n.
Obsolete.
Appended to a date: = ‘New Style’, i.e. according to the reformed (or Gregorian) calendar: see style n. Also figurative or allusive. Similarly stilo vetere (abbreviated st. v.) = ‘Old Style’.
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stilo novo1619
1589 J. Dee Private Diary (1842) 31 Aug. 5th, novo stylo, Edmond Hilton went toward Stade.]
1619 W. Yonge Diary (1848) 33 The 25th of December stilo novo.
a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppppp4/1 Petru. Now the Devill..shoure his blessing Upon ye all: into whose custody—Mar. I do commit your Reformation, And so I leave you to your Stilo novo.
a1639 S. Marmion Antiquary (1641) iii. sig. G2 He sent me Letters beyond sea, dated Stilo Novo.
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