‖ claˈrissimo Obs.
[It. superlative of claro clear, illustrious:—L. clārissimus ‘most illustrious,’ a title of honour.]
A Venetian grandee; a magnifico, a magnate.
| 1605 B. Jonson Volpone v. ii, But your Clarissimo, old Round-back, he Will crump you, like a Hog-louse, with the touch. 1611 Coryat Crudities 246 About them sit the Clarissimoes of Venice. 1630 J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks., None but sparkes, rich heires, clarissimoes and magnificoes, would goe to the cost of it. |