Ital·ian·ate
ə-ˈtal-yə-nət 
-ˌnāt
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: Italian in quality or characteristics
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Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
The $15 admission ticket grants you access to the original 19th-century Italianate villa, the classic boxwood parterre garden, and a museum filled with photos and other artifacts detailing the Barnsley family's history.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
What to look for: Italianate and Second Empire characteristics and prominent ornamental details.
—Arkansas Online, 2 May 2025
Reynolds’s landscaping was meant to evoke Italianate gardens, with Lake Waramaug serving as a stand-in for Lake Como.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
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Miami’s Vizcaya Gardens is an Italianate palace and gardens perched on the sea that transports you across the ocean to the Mediterranean.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
The $15 admission ticket grants you access to the original 19th-century Italianate villa, the classic boxwood parterre garden, and a museum filled with photos and other artifacts detailing the Barnsley family's history.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
What to look for: Italianate and Second Empire characteristics and prominent ornamental details.
—Arkansas Online, 2 May 2025
Reynolds’s landscaping was meant to evoke Italianate gardens, with Lake Waramaug serving as a stand-in for Lake Como.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for italianate
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“Italianate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/italianate. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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