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Definition of cicero

cicero

/ˈsɪs.ə.roʊ/
ci · ce · ro
Plural:ciceros
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Adjective:Ciceronian
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cicero Lexical Profile

cicero Game Scores & Validity

• noun

1

American An incorporated town in Cook County, Illinois, located immediately west of Chicago and noted for its industrial heritage.

2

A traditional continental European unit of typographic measurement equal to twelve Didot points (approximately 4.51 millimeters or 0.178 inches), analogous to the Anglo-American pica.

Example

"The antique French printing press used lead spacers measured in ciceros rather than standard picas."

• Nearby Words

ciao
cicada
cicatrix
cicero
cichlid
cider
cidery

Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed from French cicéro, named after the Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (whose cognomen derives from Latin cicer, meaning 'chickpea'), because early 15th-century printed editions of his Epistolae ad familiares were set in 12-point type.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Cicero. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/cicero
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