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gracioso

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From Spanish gracioso. Doublet of gracious and grazioso.

noun graciosos

obsolete A court favourite.
A clown or jester in early-modern Spanish comedy. 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

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@misc{gracioso_2026,
  title = {gracioso},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gracioso},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}