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cicerone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sɪsəˈɹəʊni/ (UK)
• /t͡ʃɪt͡ʃəˈɹəʊni/ (UK)
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Etymology

1726, from Italian cicerone (surface analysis cicero + -one (augmentative)), from Latin Cicerōnem, form of Cicerō, agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero), the Roman orator, from cicer (“chickpea”) from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- (“pea”). Possibly humorous reference to loquaciousness of guides.

Meanings

1. A guide who accompanies visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.
   • East, still doing the cicerone, pointed out all the remarkable characters to Tom as they passed[…] 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days, Part I, Chapter 7:
   • “First,” advised their cicerone in the matter, Professor Svegli of the University of Pisa, “try to forget the usual picture in two dimensions.” 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 279:
   • Ultimately their gazes all rested on his cicerone as most powerful member of the group. 1987, Michael Brodsky, Xman, page 360:
   • he was in the act of making his evening plans with the same smelly but nice cicerone in a café-au-lait suit whom he had hired already twice at the same Genoese hotel [...]. 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 3:

Forms

Deriveds

ciceronism · ciceronage · ciceroneship

Relateds

Ciceronian

Translations (10)

ca cicerone (guide) · de Cicerone (guide) · ru проводни́к (guide) · ru гид (guide) · gl cicerone (guide) · eo ĉiĉerono (guide) · el ξεναγός (guide) · pt cicerone (guide) · fr cicérone (guide) · la dux (guide)

wikipedia: Marcus Tullius Cicero

cicerone en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /sɪsəˈɹəʊni/ (UK)
• /t͡ʃɪt͡ʃəˈɹəʊni/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

1726, from Italian cicerone (surface analysis cicero + -one (augmentative)), from Latin Cicerōnem, form of Cicerō, agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero), the Roman orator, from cicer (“chickpea”) from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- (“pea”). Possibly humorous reference to loquaciousness of guides.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive, archaic) To show (somebody) the sights, acting as a tourist guide.
   • Accordingly, as three o'clock struck, six dashing-looking light dragoons were seen slowly sauntering up the dining-hall, escorted by Webber, who, in full academic costume, was leisurely ciceroning his friends and expatiating upon the excellences of the very remarkable portraits which graced the walls. 1841, Charles Lever, chapter 17, in Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon, volume 1, page 151:

Forms

wikipedia: Marcus Tullius Cicero