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Italian
Etymology
From abbarbagliare (“to dazzle”) + -mento (“-ment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.bar.baʎ.ʎaˈmen.to/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: ab‧bar‧ba‧glia‧mén‧to
Noun
abbarbagliamento m (plural abbarbagliamenti)
- dazzlement (condition of being dazzled)
1889, Giovanni Verga, Mastro-don Gesualdo, Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 2010, page 299:Poi, quando fu sola, a un tratto, con un gesto disperato, si strappò la gorgierina che la soffocava, con un'onda di sangue al volto, un abbarbagliamento improvviso dinanzi agli occhi- Then suddenly, when she was alone, with a desperate gesture, she tore off the gorget that was suffocating her, with a rush of blood to her face, a sudden dazzlement in front of her eyes
- (figurative) mistake, error
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Further reading
- abbarbagliamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana