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Definition of Italianating
1. italianate [v] - See also: italianate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Italianating
Literary usage of Italianating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1875)
"The euphuistic style was an exaggeration of the ' italianating' taste which had
begun with the revival of our poetical literature in the days of Henry VIII, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... been to say that it was a mere " exaggeration of the italianating taste which
had begun with the revival of our poetical literature' under Henry VIII. ..."
3. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"... the less he had of an Englishman, daily more and more italianating himself,
and conversing most with the merchants of that country. ..."
4. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... archbishop of Canterbury, one who, the Pole. longer he lived in England, the
less he had of ail Englishman, daily more and more italianating himself, ..."
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