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ciceroning

ciceroning is the present participle and gerund of cicerone.

Meaning of cicerone

Verb

cicerone (third-person singular simple present cicerones, present participle ciceroning, simple past and past participle ciceroned)

  1. (ambitransitive, archaic) To show (somebody) the sights, acting as a tourist guide.
    • Accordingly, as three o'clock struck, six dashing-looking light dragoons were seen slowly sauntering up the dining-hall, escorted by Webber, who, in full academic costume, was leisurely ciceroning his friends and expatiating upon the excellences of the very remarkable portraits which graced the...1841, Charles Lever, chapter 17, in Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon, volume 1, page 151

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Questions about ciceroning

What is ciceroning the present participle and gerund of?
Ciceroning is the present participle and gerund of cicerone.

Words near ciceroning in the dictionary

  1. Ciceronianists
  2. Ciceronians
  3. Ciceronic
  4. ciceronical
  5. Ciceronicall
  6. ciceroning
  7. ciceronism
  8. ciceros
  9. Ciceter
  10. Ciceu-Mihăiești
  11. cichild

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