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Brewer's: Cremona
An organ stop, a corruption of the Italian cormorne, which is the German krummhorn, an organ stop of eight feet pitch; so called from a wind-instrument made of wood, and bent outwards in a…Brewer's: Dilettante
(Italian). An amateur of the fine arts, in opposition to a professor. Plural, dilettanti. “These gentlemen are to be judged, not as dilettanti, but as professors.” —Athenæum. Source:…Brewer's: Dog-headed Tribes
of India. Mentioned in the Italian romance of Guerino Meschino. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dog-LatinDog-head A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Dolce far Niente
(Italian). Delightful idleness. Pliny has “Jucundum tamen nihil agere” (Ep. viii. 9). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DoldrumsDolabra A B C D E F G H…Brewer's: Donzel
(Italian). A squire or young man of good birth. “He is esquire to a knight-errant, donzel to the damsels.” —Butler: Characters. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Chiabreresco
(Italian). Poetry formed on the Greek model; so called from Gabriel Chiabrera, surnamed the “Pindar of Italy” (1552-1637). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Blear-eyed
(The). Aurelius Brandolini, the Italian poet, called Il Lippo (1440-1497). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BleedBle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Bona-roba
A courtesan (Italian); so called from the smartness of their robes or dresses. “We knew where the bona-robas were.” Shakespeare: 2 Henry IV., iii. 2. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Botch
A patch. Botch and patch are the same word; the older form was bodge, whence boggle. (Italian pezzo, pronounced patzo.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: And
The character “&” is a monogram of et (and), made in Italian type, & Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AndironsAncile A B C D E F G H I J K…Trending
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