CICISBEISM


Meaning of CICISBEISM in English

/chee'chiz bay"iz euhm/ or, older, /si sis"bee-/ , n.

the social custom of having a cicisbeo, as practiced esp. in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries.

[ 1735-45; cicisbeismo. See CICISBEO, -ISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .