ˈclassico-
combining form of L. classic-us classic, as in Classico-Lombardic adj.; classiˈcolatry, nonce-wd., worship of the classics.
| 1879 Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. I. 142 Italy received her Pointed architecture from France and Germany, and mingled it freely with her Classico-Lombardic traditions. 1881 Jrnl. Educ. 1 Mar. 49/1 Before Modern Schools were dreamed of, he [Carlyle] inveighed against monkish Classicolatry. |