villinon.
/vɪˈliːnəʊ/ A small (rural, suburban, or urban) house in Italy (in quot. 1935, in France).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > villa or country house > small
box1696
country box1722
villakin1730
cottage orné1774
villarette1792
ranch1807
bower1810
ranch house1859
villino?1863
dacha1896
?1863 E. C. Gaskell Let. 16 July (1966) 708 The pleasures of our intercourse at the Villino Trollope.
1923 A. Huxley Let. 12 Nov. (1969) 223 They have a Città Giardino just outside to the north and the number of horrible little villini..is extraordinary.
1935 E. Bowen House in Paris i. ii. 31 Though Mrs. Arbuthnot had not..been lent the villino at Beaulieu, she had been lent a flat at Mentone.
1958 ‘M. Innes’ Long Farewell i. 14 Then let's go up to the villino. The view's just as good from there.
1980 Times 11 Oct. 10/7 One restaurant..occupies a former villino or small house with a garden.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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