Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Italian in character.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render Italian or conformable to Italian principles or manners; Italianize.
- Italianized; having become like an Italian: applied especially to fantastic affectation of fashions borrowed from Italy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to Italianize.
- adjective Italianized; Italianated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Italian instyle orcharacter - verb To
Italianize
Etymologies
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Examples
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102Elizabeth absorbed this interest in Italianate culture.
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When Martin Bennett built his new house at 631 Hope St. in Bristol during the 1850s, an architectural style called Italianate was all the rage.
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When Martin Bennett built his new house at 631 Hope St. in Bristol during the 1850s, an architectural style called Italianate was all the rage.
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When Martin Bennett built his new house at 631 Hope St. in Bristol during the 1850s, an architectural style called Italianate was all the rage.
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His assimilation of what his Italian colleagues could teach is clear from a suavely modeled, robustly shaded that is, very "Italianate"
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For instance, to note that something has an "Italianate" quality, in fact, has very little meaning in a technically musical sense and may have more to do with one culture's perception of a series of signs and symbols embedded in a musical artifact that is viewed as being outside that culture itself.
L'internationale 2008
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For instance, to note that something has an "Italianate" quality, in fact, has very little meaning in a technically musical sense and may have more to do with one culture's perception of a series of signs and symbols embedded in a musical artifact that is viewed as being outside that culture itself.
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"Italianate," her father said, but that was a guess, or a rationalization.
'Home' 2008
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"Italianate," her father said, but that was a guess, or a rationalization.
'Home' 2008
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As it is, he will always interest a certain number of readers as being, in his languid "Italianate" way, a sort of ineffectual
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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