venetian






Venetian: n. & adj. --n.
1 a native or citizen of Venice in NE Italy.
2 the Italian dialect of Venice.
3 (venetian) = venetian blind. --adj. of Venice. øvenetian blind a window-blind of adjustable horizontal slats to control the light. Venetian glass delicate glassware made at Murano near Venice. Venetian red a reddish pigment of ferric oxides. Venetian window a window with three separate openings, the central one being arched and highest. øøvenetianed adj. (in sense 3 of n.). [ME f. OF Venicien, assim. to med.L Venetianus f. Venetia Venice]


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