Associations to the word «Medici»

Wiktionary

MEDICI COLLAR, noun. A fan-shaped (especially lace) collar, standing upright behind the head and sloping down to meet a square neckline in front.

Dictionary definition

MEDICI, noun. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats