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noun - a lover of a married woman

CICISBEO - In 18th- and 19th-century Italy, the cicisbeo (Italian pronunciation: [titizbo]; plural: cicisbei), or cavalier servente (chevalier servant in French...

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Italian lover: see one repeatedly be so frisky

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Sep 10 2018 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword

Possible Dictionary Clues
a married woman's male companion or lover.
A married woman's male companion or lover.
A knightly servant of a high-born lady.
A married woman's lover a kept man.

Cicisbeo description
In 18th- and 19th-century Italy, the cicisbeo (Italian pronunciation: [titizbo]; plural: cicisbei), or cavalier servente (chevalier servant in French), was the professed gallant and perhaps lover in a sexual sense of a married woman, who attended her at public entertainments, to church and other occasions and had privileged access to his mistress. The arrangement is comparable to the Spanish cortejo or estrecho and, to a lesser degree, to the French petit-maître. The exact etymology of the word is unknown; some evidence suggests it originally meant "in a whisper" (perhaps an onomatopeic word). Other accounts suggest it is an inversion of bel cece, which means "beautiful chick (pea)". According to OED, the first recorded usage of the term in English was found in a letter by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu dated 1718. The term appears in Italian in Giovanni Maria Muti's "Quaresimale Del Padre Maestro Fra Giovanni Maria Muti De Predicatori" of 1708 (p. 734).

Cicisbeo description

In 18th- and 19th-century Italy, the cicisbeo (Italian pronunciation: [titizbo]; plural: cicisbei), or cavalier servente (chevalier servant in French), was the professed gallant and perhaps lover in a sexual sense of a married woman, who attended her at public entertainments, to church and other occasions and had privileged access to his mistress. The arrangement is comparable to the Spanish cortejo or estrecho and, to a lesser degree, to the French petit-maître. The exact etymology of the word is unknown; some evidence suggests it originally meant "in a whisper" (perhaps an onomatopeic word). Other accounts suggest it is an inversion of bel cece, which means "beautiful chick (pea)". According to OED, the first recorded usage of the term in English was found in a letter by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu dated 1718. The term appears in Italian in Giovanni Maria Muti's "Quaresimale Del Padre Maestro Fra Giovanni Maria Muti De Predicatori" of 1708 (p. 734).

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