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Brewer's: Carmine
(2 syl). The dye made from the carmës or kermës insect, whence also crimson, through the Italian cremisino. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Columbine
(3 syl.). The sweetheart of Harlequin, and, like him, supposed to be invisible to mortal eyes. Columbina in Italian is a pet-name for a lady-love, and means a little dove, a young coquette…Brewer's: Con Amore
(Italian). With heart and soul; as, “He did it con amore ” —i.e. lovingly, with delight, and therefore in good earnest. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Con…Brewer's: Concerto
(Italian). A composition intended to display the powers of some particular instrument, with orchestral accompaniments. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Corsair'
means properly “one who gives chase.” Applied to the pirates of the northern coast of Africa. (Italian corso, a chase; French corsaire; Latin cursus.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Cavalier Servant
in Italian cicisbe'o, and in Spanish cortejo. A gentleman that chaperones married ladies. Coach, servants, gondola, he goes to call, And carries fan and tippet, gloves and shawl. Byron:…Brewer's: Cedilla
The mark under a French sibilant c. This mark is the letter z, and the word is from the Italian zediglia (“zeticula,” a little z. (Greek, zeta; Spanish, ceda, with a diminutive.) Source…Brewer's: Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles
French imitations of Granucci, Malespini, and Campeggi, Italian tale-writers of the seventeenth century. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CentaurCensorius et…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: Coxswain
Kog is Norwegian for a cockboat; Welsh, cwch; Italian, cocca, etc.; and swain, Anglo-Saxon for a servant, superintendent, or bailiff. (See Cockboat.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Trending
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