Belvedere
English
Etymology 1
From Italian bel vedere (“beautiful view”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Belvedere
- A suburban area in the borough of Bexley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4978).
- A small city in Marin County, California, United States.
- A populated place in Jefferson County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Aiken County, South Carolina.
- A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
- A locality in Alberta, Canada.
- A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
- A locality in northern Queensland, Australia.
- A neighbourhood of Montevideo, Uruguay.
- A suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
A reference to an urban legend about the 1980s sitcom Mr. Belvedere, in which filming was allegedly delayed after the actor playing Mr. Belvedere injured himself by sitting on his testicles.
Verb
Belvedere (third-person singular simple present Belvederes, present participle Belvedering, simple past and past participle Belvedered)
- (humorous, slang) To sit painfully on one's testicles.
- 2008, Caleb Meurer, “Red October Sky”, in American Dad:
- Great, and after that you can clean my pants up coz I just Mr. Belvedered myself. Google it.
- 2011, Ron Weiner, “TGS Hates Women”, in 30 Rock, spoken by Liz Lemon (Tina Fey):
- Lutz? Is that even possible? I mean, I was there when he Belvedered. God, Abby, you can't be that desperate for male attention.
- 2025 February 13, S.E. Shephard, “Getting to the Bottom of the Funniest SNL-Related Story Ever Told”, in on3[1]:
- The rumor has two endings... that he yelled so loudly that the light above the table in the room shook or that he was carried out on a stretcher. 'Aaargh! I just Belvedered myself!'
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Italian
Etymology
Habitational surname, from any of various places in Italy called Belvedere.
Proper noun
Belvedere m or f by sense
- a surname