‖ dolce vita
(doltʃe vita, ˌdɒltʃɪˈviːtə)
[It., lit. ‘sweet life’.]
A life of luxury, pleasure, and self-indulgence. (Freq. preceded by the or la.) Also attrib.
| [1960 Times 7 Dec. 15/5 La Dolce Vita is a film..‘making up an apocalyptic fresco of seven nightmarish nights and seven sobering dawns’.] 1961 Guardian 30 Mar. 7/1 The grander villas, where the Roman playboys..pursued their Dolce Vita. 1961 20th Cent. Mar. 311 A headstrong and muddled woman..who combined convent education, la dolce vita and gambling. 1962 Listener 6 Sept. 367/2 His plans to abandon his dolce vita existence. 1970 Times 14 Oct. 2/6 A totally alien way of life—a dolce vita of Bicester, 1970 style. |