cicisbeo
Noun
- A man who is the declared gallant of a married woman.
- A man who escorts a married woman to social functions, especially in 18th-century Italy; a married woman's lover.
Examples
- He laid down CICISBEO, a word as intriguing as the strategic flirtation of tiles on the board.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cicisbeo, of onomatopoeic origin.
Scrabble Score: 14
cicisbeo: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcicisbeo: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cicisbeo: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
cicisbeo: valid Words With Friends Word