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Botticelli

Botticelli proper noun: a guessing game in which one person or team thinks of a famous person and reveals the initial letter of that person's name, and then answers yes/no questions from the other players as they guess at the identity.

Proper noun

Botticelli

  1. A guessing game in which one person or team thinks of a famous person and reveals the initial letter of that person's name, and then answers yes/no questions from the other players as they guess at the identity.

Origin of Botticelli

The game takes its name from the principle that the famous person must be at least as famous as the painter Sandro Botticelli.

Words formed from Botticelli

Questions about Botticelli

What does Botticelli mean?
Botticelli means a guessing game in which one person or team thinks of a famous person and reveals the initial letter of that person's name, and then answers yes/no questions from the other players as they guess at the identity.
What part of speech is Botticelli?
Botticelli is a proper noun.

Words near Botticelli in the dictionary

  1. botters
  2. Bottesford
  3. Bottger
  4. Bottgers
  5. Botti
  6. Botticelli
  7. Botticellian
  8. botties
  9. bottine
  10. Bottineau
  11. Bottineau County

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