Giocondan
Giocondan adjective: resembling or characteristic of the Mona Lisa.
Adjective
Giocondan (comparative more Giocondan, superlative most Giocondan)
- Resembling or characteristic of the Mona Lisa.
- Probably Mrs. Le Brunn noticed my reaction, because she continued with her somewhat Giocondan smile:[…]Mrs. Le Brunn, again with her Giocondan smile, explained:[…]1936, B[oris] B[asil] Bogoslovsky, The Ideal School, The Macmillan Company, pages 140 and 145
- According to a journalist for the Spanish magazine Ranking he was ‘Cultured, extroverted in small circles, shy before the large public, cold as ice... “Machiavelli reincarnated”, but his quasi-giocondan smile reveals a certain human essence.’1995, Henry Mintzberg, James Brian Quinn, Sumantra Ghoshal, The Strategy Process: European Edition, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 549
- Synonyms:
- Mona Lisan
Examples of Giocondan in a sentence
- He responds with a wink, she with a Giocondan smile.2001, William Page, William Page: Greatest Hits, 1970-2000 (Greatest Hits Series; number 14), Pudding House Publications, →ISBN, page 27:
- Vianka watched him with her Giocondan smile, while he stared at her, unable to comprehend what she had just said.2002, Christopher Michalski, transl., The Last Winter, 1stBooks, translation of original by Juan Carden, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 22:
- ...or shall we merely smile a giocondan smile and assert that we are neither tang nor not-tang both tang and not-tang2002 October 20, Boris Fuller, “GREAT FUN guess who this is”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy (Usenet):
Synonyms of Giocondan
Forms of Giocondan
| comparative | more Giocondan |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Giocondan |
Origin of Giocondan
From Gioconda + -n.
Questions about Giocondan
- What does Giocondan mean?
- Giocondan means resembling or characteristic of the Mona Lisa.
- How do you use Giocondan in a sentence?
- He responds with a wink, she with a Giocondan smile.
- What part of speech is Giocondan?
- Giocondan is an adjective.
Words near Giocondan in the dictionary
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