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valentino

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌvælənˈtiːnoʊ/

Definition of valentino

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname from Italian
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name

  1. A surname from Italian

noun

  1. (dated)A strikingly handsome man, particularly one similar in appearance to Rudolph Valentino.
    “He was a real Valentino.”
    “She was working on a stage which represented a guardroom for Christian prisoners, and presently they went there and watched Nicotera, one of many hopeful Valentinos, strut and pose before a dozen female “captives,” their eyes melancholy and startling with mascara.”
  2. (dated)Synonym of gigolo, a handsome man funded by an older woman.

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Etymology

From Italian Valentino, from Latin Valentīnus (“Valentine”), a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”). As a noun, named after Italian-American actor Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926). Doublet of Valentine, Valentinus, Valentina, and Valentini.

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