26 March 2018

cicerone

[sis-uh-roh-nee, chich-uh-; Italian chee-che-raw-ne]

noun, plural cicerones Italian, ciceroni [chee-che-raw-nee]

1. a person who conducts sightseers; guide.

Origin of cicerone

Italian, Latin

1720-1730; Italian < Latin Cicerōnem, accusative of Cicerō Cicero, the guide being thought of as having the knowledge and eloquence of Cicero

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Examples from the Web for cicerone

Historical Examples

Having introduced us, she desired him to act as cicerone to me until I was tired.
The First Violin
Jessie Fothergill

Then, as the Emperor has been often at Lyndalberg, he can act as cicerone for a stranger.
The Princess Virginia
C. N. Williamson

To the animated and curious Frenchwoman what a cicerone was Ernest Maltravers!
Ernest Maltravers, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton

So she had a right to come there as well as he,—and she could act as cicerone !
Tales of Trail and Town
Bret Harte

Well, we have arrived, said the cicerone, stopping at a mound of ruins.
The Hero of the People
Alexandre Dumas

Not at all, it was the call of the cicerone who had something to impart.
The Surprises of Life
Georges Clemenceau

The detective who was to be our cicerone was known to every evil-doer in the metropolis.
London in the Sixties
One of the Old Brigade

He had, of course, much to see, and it was a delight to me to be his cicerone.
William Sharp (Fiona Macleod)
Elizabeth A. Sharp

In doing so we are in the hands of a cicerone who is not satisfied to speak by rote.
The Marquis D’Argenson: A Study in Criticism
Arthur Ogle

“With your permission, Walter, I will take the part of cicerone,” said the new voice.
The Wizard’s Son, vol. 3
Margaret Oliphant

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Today’s quote

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

– Baruch Spinoza

On this day

26 March 1827 – death of Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer. One of the world’s most influential composers. He composed 9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatos and 16 string quartets. Baptised on 17 December 1770.

26 March 1971 – The country of East Pakistan declares its independence and renames itself Bangladesh.