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Ciceroni
(gcide) | Cicerone \Ci`ce*ro"ne\, n.; pl. It. Ciceroni, E. Cicerones.
[It., fr. L. Cicero, the Roman orator. So called from the
ordinary talkativeness of such a guide.]
One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide.
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Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers
about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is
termed by them [the Italians] a cicerone, or a Cicero.
--Trench.
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Ciceronian
(gcide) | Ciceronian \Cic`e*ro"ni*an\, a. [L. Ciceronianus, fr. Cicero,
the orator.]
Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent.
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Ciceronianism
(gcide) | Ciceronianism \Cic`e*ro"ni*an*ism\, n.
Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero;
a Ciceronian phrase or expression. "Great study in
Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford." --Sir P. Sidney.
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