I. |delə|krəskən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized D&C
Etymology: Accademia della Crusca, Florentine academy founded 1582 for the cultivation of the Italian language and literature (from Italian, literally, academy of chaff) + English -an
1.
a. : of, relating to, or resembling the Accademia della Crusca or the literary style it championed
b. : of, relating to, or resembling the style of a school of chiefly expatriate English writers of affected rhetorically ornate poetry in the late 18th century
2. : affectedly pedantic — used of writings or literary style
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized D&C
: a member of the Accademia della Crusca or the Della-Cruscan school