Sicilian
[si'siljən]
Definition
(noun.) a resident of Sicily.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the people of Sicily; 'the Sicilian Mafia' .
Checker: Myrna--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Sicily.
Typist: Suzy
Definition
adj. of or pertaining to Sicily an island south of Italy.—n. a native of Sicily.—ns. Sicili?prime;no a Sicilian popular dance in slow movement also the music for such; Sicilienne′ a ribbed silk fabric.—Sicilian Vespers the massacre of the French in Sicily on Easter Monday 1282—at the first stroke of the vesper-bell.
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Examples
- The door was opened by a swarthy foreign-looking maid, with a prominent bosom under a gay neckerchief, whom he vaguely fancied to be Sicilian. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Then you would not approve of Syracusan dinners, and the refinements of Sicilian cookery? Plato. The Republic.
- No; save in such tastes perhaps; otherwise I am no Sicilian of the Idylles. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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