cicisbeism
(tʃɪtʃɪzˈbiːɪz(ə)m)
[f. cicisbeo + -ism. Cf. F. sigisbéisme.]
The practice of attending a married woman as cicisbeo.
| 1743 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 241 Your history of Cicisbeism is more entertaining. 1802 Eustace Classic. Tour (1821) IV. 309. 1841 W. Spalding Italy III. 19 The ridicule of the French displaced cicisbeism. |