Definition/Meaning of cicerone

• English - Noun: cicerone ( plural ciceroni ) A guide who shows people around tourist sights . 1857 , Thomas Hughes , Tom Brown's School Days , Part I , Chapter 7 East , still doing the cicerone , pointed out all the remarkable characters to Tom as they passed [ … ] 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p . 3: he was in the act of making his evening plans with the same smelly but nice cicerone…
• English - Etymology: 1726, from Italian cicerone (surface analysis cicero + -one ( “ ( augmentative) ” )), from Latin Cicerōnem , form of Cicerō , agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero), the Roman orator , from cicer ( “ chickpea ” ), a reference to his warts , from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- ( “ pea ” ). Possibly humorous reference to loquaciousness of guides .
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /t͡ʃɪt͡ʃəˈɹəʊni/ , /sɪsəˈɹəʊni/
• English - References: ↑ 1 . 0 1 . 1 “cicerone” in Douglas Harper , Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
• Italian - Etymology: From Latin Cicerōnem , form of Cicerō , agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero), the Roman orator , from cicer ( “ chickpea ” ), a reference to his warts , from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- ( “ pea ” ). Surface analysis cicero +‎ -one ( “ ( augmentative) ” ).