Save Gender Masculine Usage Italian, History Pronounced Pron. /domeni.ˈkiːno/(Italian) /doʊ.ˌmeɪnɪ.ˈkiːnoʊ/(American English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Diminutive of Domenico. Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641), known by his diminutive, Domenichino after his shortness, was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School of painters.