villeggiaturan.
/vɪˌlɛdʒ(ɪ)əˈt(j)ʊərə/, U.S. /vəˌlɛdʒəˈtʊrə/ Residence at a country villa or in the country; a holiday spent in this way.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > the country
rusticationa1607
villeggiatura1742
ruralizing1817
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > type of holiday or tour
grand tour1678
villegiature1740
villeggiatura1742
honeymoon1791
wedding visit1794
honeymooning1832
wedding tour1847
wedding trip1855
second honeymoon1872
tourette1881
weekending1886
package holiday1959
fly-cruise1968
ski pack1969
ecotour1973
package1977
1742 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 1 Nov. I don't wonder that she hates the country; I dare to say her child does not owe its existence to the Villeggiatura.
1765 T. Smollett Trav. (1766) II. xxix. 80 The mountain of Viterbo is covered with beautiful plantations and villas belonging to the Roman nobility, who come hither to make the villegiatura in summer.
1822 P. B. Shelley Prose Wks. (1880) IV. 284 Lord Byron is in villeggiatura, near Leghorn.
1845 W. H. Prescott in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. 22 We keep our villeggiatura at Pepperell, not flitting at all to Nahant this summer.
1885 Times (Weekly ed.) 18 Sept. 15/3 [They] occasionally left the cares and dignity of the Vice-regal Lodge to come down for a quiet villegiatura here.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > type of holiday or tour
grand tour1678
villegiature1740
villeggiatura1742
honeymoon1791
wedding visit1794
honeymooning1832
wedding tour1847
wedding trip1855
second honeymoon1872
tourette1881
weekending1886
package holiday1959
fly-cruise1968
ski pack1969
ecotour1973
package1977
1740 Countess of Hartford in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) II. 172 I am sorry the nobility of Florence did not defer their villegiature till Christmas.
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