graciosoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

gracioso (plural graciosos)

1. (obsolete) A court favourite. [17th c.]
2. (theater) A clown or jester in early-modern Spanish comedy. [from 18th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter LV, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume II, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 137–138:

     I ſhall never ceaſe to wonder that the Engliſh, who are certainly a ſenſible and diſcerning people ſhould be ſo much infatuated, as to applaud and careſs with the moſt extravagant approbation, not to ſay adoration and regard, one or two gracioſo's, who, I will be bold to ſay, would ſcarce be able to earn their bread by their talents, on any other theatre under the ſun.

Further reading

• gracioso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia