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Definition of Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt
1. Noun. An Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798).
Exact synonyms: Casanova, Casanova De Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova
Generic synonyms: Adventurer, Venturer
Generic synonyms: Adventurer, Venturer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giovanni Jacopo Casanova De Seingalt
Literary usage of Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"... whilst most biographical dictionaries give him as Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de
Seingalt. Whilst Jacques and Giacomo are, of course, equivalent, ..."
2. Prejudices by Henry Louis Mencken (1919)
"Set beside this pious babbler, the late Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt
shrinks to the puny proportions of a mere barroom boaster, a smoking-car Don ..."
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