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Italian I*tal"ian, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Italy.
2. The language used in Italy, or by the Italians.
Italian mayMay May, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the
goddess Maia (Gr. ?), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury
by Jupiter.]
1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
--Chaucer.
2. The early part or springtime of life.
His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.
3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from
their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.
Plumes that micked the may. --Tennyson.
4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.
Italian may (Bot.), a shrubby species of Spir[ae]a (S.
hypericifolia) with many clusters of small white flowers
along the slender branches.
May apple (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant
(Podophyllum peltatum). Also, the plant itself
(popularly called mandrake), which has two lobed leaves,
and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The
root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
May beetle, May bug (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous
species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the
winged state in May. They belong to Melolontha, and
allied genera. Called also June beetle.
May Day, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic
parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a
garland, and by dancing about a May pole.
May dew, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which
magical properties were attributed.
May flower (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its
blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary.
May fly (Zo["o]l.), any species of Ephemera, and allied
genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many
species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under
Ephemeral.
May game, any May-day sport.
May lady, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.
May lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley (Convallaria
majalis).
May pole. See Maypole in the Vocabulary.
May queen, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the
sports of May Day.
May thorn, the hawthorn. Italianate
Italianate I*tal"ian*ate, a.
Italianized; Italianated. ``Apish, childish, and
Italianate.' --Marlowe.
Italianate
Italianate I*tal"ian*ate, v. t. [Cf. It. italianare.]
To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to
Italianize. [R.] --Ascham.
Italianism
Italianism I*tal"ian*ism, n.
1. A word, phrase, or idiom, peculiar to the Italians; an
Italicism.
2. Attachment to, or sympathy for, Italy.
ItalianizeItalianize I*tal"ian*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Italianized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Italianizing.] [Cf. F. italianiser, It.
italianizzare.]
1. To play the Italian; to speak Italian. --Cotgrave.
2. To render Italian in any respect; to Italianate. ``An
Englishman Italianized.' --Lowell. ItalianizedItalianize I*tal"ian*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Italianized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Italianizing.] [Cf. F. italianiser, It.
italianizzare.]
1. To play the Italian; to speak Italian. --Cotgrave.
2. To render Italian in any respect; to Italianate. ``An
Englishman Italianized.' --Lowell. ItalianizingItalianize I*tal"ian*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Italianized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Italianizing.] [Cf. F. italianiser, It.
italianizzare.]
1. To play the Italian; to speak Italian. --Cotgrave.
2. To render Italian in any respect; to Italianate. ``An
Englishman Italianized.' --Lowell.
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