dolce stil nuovo

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Etymology[edit]

Italian dolce stil nuovo (literally “sweet new style”)

Noun[edit]

dolce stil nuovo (uncountable)

  1. (literature, historical) A literary movement in 13th- and 14th-century Italy, influenced by the Sicilian School and Tuscan poetry, and having divine love as its main theme, often incorporating vivid descriptions of female beauty and likening women to angels.
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