Pronounced: fil-oh-SIN-ick, noun/adj
Notes: I thought our word meant someone who either was fond of being a cynic or else enjoyed the company of cynics
Yesterday’s word
The word risorgimento is
- the 19th-century movement for Italian political unity (often capitalized)
- a time of renewal or renaissance; revival
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
Our word came straight into English from the Italian word risorgimento (rising again), which is the word for the “Unification of Italy” movement that occurred in the mid-1800s. Our English word also has the more general usage of the second definition above.
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