Obs. Pl. -e. [It.] A girl, young woman, maiden.
a. 1668. Lassels, Voy. Italy, II. (1670), 250. The Procession of the Zitelle upon our Ladyes day in Lent.
1679. Mrs. Behn, Feign’d Curtizans, III. i. A Curtizan! and a Zittella too? pretty contradiction!
a. 1700. Evelyn, Diary, 1 March 1645. We saw the Pope and Cardinals ride in pomp to the Minerva,… when he gives portions to 500 zitelle.
