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Italianate :: Italianate (v. t.) To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to Italianize..

Close :: Close (v. t.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open..

Gailliarde :: Gailliarde (n.) A lively French and Italian dance.

Paolo :: Paolo (n.) An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents..

Italianizing :: Italianizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Italianiz.

Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc..

Ionic :: Ionic (a.) Pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one of the three orders invented by the Greeks, and one of the five recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. Its distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes. See Illust. of Capital..

Tuscan :: Tuscan (a.) Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital..

Italianize :: Italianize (v. i.) To render Italian in any respect; to Italianate.

Monarcho :: Monarcho (n.) The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor.

Do :: Do (n.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet..

Ra- :: Ra- () A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See Re-, and Ad-..

Lira :: Lira (n.) An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.

Signore :: Signore (n.) Sir; Mr.; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is Signor.

Saltarello :: Saltarello (n.) A popular Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, running mostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of each measure. See Tarantella..

Podesta :: Podesta (n.) One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.

Taglioni :: Taglioni (n.) A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers..

Italianism :: Italianism (n.) A word, phrase, or idiom, peculiar to the Italians; an Italicism..

La :: La (n.) The tone A; -- so called among the French and Italians.

Garibaldi :: Garibaldi (n.) A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.

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