cicisbeism

/chee-chiz-bey-iz-uhm or, older use, si-sis-bee-/US // ˌtʃi tʃɪzˈbeɪ ɪz əm or, older use, sɪˈsɪs bi- //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the social custom of having a cicisbeo, as practiced especially in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Cicisbeism is not treated in extenso, as it should be, and I also missed the fragrant name of Sophie Arnould.
She tempts fate when she carries on her gallantries and her Italian cicisbeism under the eyes of Scone Dacres.
This is a kind of Cicisbeism, recognised and regulated by customary law, and sanctioned by a definite ceremony.
And it was not as yet vitiated by the institution of Cicisbeism.