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Italian (iou)



Italian noun & adjective. LME.
[Italian italiano, from Italia Italy: see -AN.]
A. noun.
1. A native or inhabitant of Italy, a country in southern Europe comprising a peninsula jutting into, and offshore islands in, the Mediterranean Sea. LME.
2. The Romance language of Italy. L15.
3. ellipt. A thing or (kind of) article originating in Italy; spec. (a) Italian cloth; (b) Italian vermouth. L19.
B. adjective. Of or pertaining to Italy, its people, or its modern Romance language; native to or originating or produced in Italy. E16.
Italian cypress: see CYPRESS noun1 1. Italian earth the colour sienna. Italian garden: characterized by clipped trees, box-edged beds of flowers, paved paths, statues, fountains, etc., and often arranged in terraces. Italian hand, Italian handwriting arch. the kind of handwriting first developed in Italy and now current in almost all countries using the Roman alphabet. Italian iron (obsolete exc. Hist.) a cylindrical iron used for fluting or crimping lace, frills, etc. Italian millet foxtail millet. Italian opening Chess: in which each player moves successively the king's pawn, the knight on a dark square, and the king's bishop to the fourth rank; also called Giuoco Piano. Italian paste the dough from which macaroni and vermicelli are made. Italian pink = Dutch pink s.v. DUTCH adjective. Italian quilting: manufactured in a design composed of parallel lines of stitching. Italian roof a hip-roof. Italian RYEGRASS. Italian stitch a form of cross-stitch. Italian vermouth a sweet kind of vermouth. Italian warehouse a shop etc. supplying Italian groceries, fruits, olive oil, etc.
Italia'nesque adjective Italian in style or character M19.
Italianity noun Italian quality or character L19.
Italianly adverb (rare) L16.