Giovanni Jacopo Casanova (Noun)
Meaning
An Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Giovanni Jacopo Casanova is best known for his detailed memoir of his numerous conquests and seductions throughout 18th-century Europe.
- His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie, remains an invaluable source of insight into the life of this infamous Italian adventurer.
- After many years of womanizing and fleeing creditors, Casanova eventually found refuge in the Castle of Duchcov in Bohemia.
- The numerous exploits described in Casanova's Histoire de ma vie often blur the line between fact and fiction.
- While Giovanni Jacopo Casanova's life reads like a novel, he truly did live a life filled with countless love affairs and narrow escapes.