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Brewer's: Ribaldry
is the language of a ribald. (French, ribaud; Old French, ribaudie; Italian, ribalderia, the language of a vagabond or rogue.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Ridotto
(Italian). An assembly where the company is first entertained to music, and then joins in dancing. The word originally meant music reduced to a full score. (Latin, reductus.) Source:…Brewer's: Rigol
A circle or diadem. (Italian, rigolo, a little wheel.) [Sleep] That from this golden rigol hath divorced So many English kings. Shakespeare: 2 Henry IV., iv. 4. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Rococo
C'est du rococo. It is mere twaddle; Brummagem finery; make-believe. (Italian roco, uncouth.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Rococo ArchitectureRock Day A…Brewer's: Salchichon
A huge Italian sausage. Thomas, Duke of Genoa, a boy of Harrow school, was so called, when he was thrust forward by General Prim as an “inflated candidate” for the Spanish throne. Source…Brewer's: Santa Casa
(Italian, the holy house). The reputed house in which the Virgin Mary lived at Nazareth, miraculously translated to Fiume, in Dalmatia, in 1291, thence to Recanati in 1294, and finally to…Brewer's: Savage
(2 syl.). One who lives in a wood (Greek, hule, a forest; Latin, silva; Spanish, salvage; Italian, selvaggio; French, sauvage). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Sbirri
(Italian). A police-force which existed in the pope's dominions. They were domiciled in private houses. “He points them out to his sbirri and armed ruffians The Daily Telegraph.” Source…Brewer's: Scagliola
Imitation marble, like the pillars of the Pantheon, London. The word is from the Italian scáglia (the dust and chips of marble); it is so called because the substance (which is gypsum and…Brewer's: Scammozzi's Rule
The jointed two-foot rule used by builders and invented by Vincent Scammozzi, the famous Italian architect. (1540-1609.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Trending
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