Sekirov Dictionary

Italianate

adjective 2
verb 1
forms 5

adjective2

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Italian in style or character.
- "This was a residence designed for living on a grand scale, with gilt chandeliers dangling overhead, rich oil paintings adorning walls, and Italianate marble fireplaces in every room." — 2001
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Pertaining to a style of Latin pronunciation imitating the modern Roman dialect of Italian, originally popularized outside of Italy by ultramontane Roman Catholics in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- The Liber usualis of 1896 was eventually expanded to include pronunciation, and it resulted in the uniform adoption of an Italianate pronunciation of Latin throughout the Roman Catholic church. — 1996

verb1

To Italianize.

forms

Italianated · Italianating · Italianates · more Italianate · most Italianate

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