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||Ci`ce*ro"ne (?), n.; pl.
It. Ciceroni (#), E.
Cicerones (#). [It., fr. L. Cicero, the
Roman orator. So called from the ordinary talkativeness of such a
guide.] One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place;
a guide.

Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows
strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is
termed by them [the Italians] a cicerone, or a Cicero.

Trench.

Cic`e*ro"ni*an (?), a. [L.
Ciceronianus, fr. Cicero, the orator.]
Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent.

Cic`e*ro"ni*an*ism (?), n.
Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero;
a Ciceronian phrase or expression. "Great study in
Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford." Sir P.
Sidney.

Cich`o*ra"ceous (?), a. [See
Chicory.] Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of
composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the
type.

Cich"-pea` (?), n. The chick-
pea. Holland.

Ci*cis"be*ism (?), n. The
state or conduct of a cicisbeo.


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