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gracioso

gracioso noun: a court favourite.

Noun

gracioso (plural graciosos)

  1. (obsolete) A court favourite.
  2. A clown or jester in early-modern Spanish comedy.
    • I ſhall never ceaſe to wonder that the Engliſh, who are certainly a ſenſible and diſcerning people ſhould be ſo much infatuated, as to applaud and careſs with the moſt extravagant approbation, not to ſay adoration and regard, one or two gracioſo's, who, I will be bold to ſay, would ſcarce be able...1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter LV, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume II, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 137–138

Forms of gracioso

pluralgraciosos

Origin of gracioso

From Spanish gracioso. Doublet of gracious and grazioso.

Questions about gracioso

What does gracioso mean?
Gracioso means a court favourite.
What part of speech is gracioso?
Gracioso is a noun.
What is the plural of gracioso?
The plural of gracioso is graciosos.

Words near gracioso in the dictionary

  1. gracillarioids
  2. gracillin
  3. gracing
  4. gracings
  5. graciosity
  6. gracioso
  7. graciosos
  8. gracious
  9. gracious goodness
  10. gracious me
  11. graciously

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