The husband and thecicisbeo live together as sworn brothers; and the wife and the mistress embrace each other with marks of the warmest affection.
Before Smollett and his almost contemporary travel correspondent, Samuel Sharp, it would probably be hard to find any mention of the cicisbeo in England, though the word was consecrated by Sheridan a few years later.
His account of the cicisbeo and his duties, whether in Nice, Florence, or Rome, is certainly one of the most interesting that we have.
The cicisbeo was the professed gallant of a married woman, who attended her at all public entertainments, it being considered unfashionable for the husband to be escort.
The husband is perfectly cognizant of it, and the appearance of the cicisbeo with the lady is more de regle than that of her husband.
These girls as a rule, were married early to men of their own standing, and though the cicisbeo was not unknown after marriage he was not an authorised member of the household.
General Wachtendonck, commander of the great dukes troops at Leghorn, was cicisbeo to the conslil's wife there.
Signor Ottavio Manelli had been cicisbeo of Madame Grifoni.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cicisbeo" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
