OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2359

cicisbeo

/ˌtʃɪtʃɪzˈbeɪəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chichisbeo
A man who escorts a married woman to social functions, especially in 18th-century Italy; a married woman's lover.
My old Cicisbee says it would do: & he is (or was poor fellow!) a famous Scholar.
The office of Cicisbeo is however an intolerably expensive one; especially to our countrymen.
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