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Italian
Etymology
From abbondare (“to abound”) + -evole.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.bonˈde.vo.le/
- Rhymes: -evole
- Hyphenation: ab‧bon‧dé‧vo‧le
Adjective
abbondevole (plural abbondevoli) (literary)
- plentiful, abundant, abounding
- Synonyms: abbondante, consistente, copioso, dovizioso, ingente, nutrito, ricolmo, ricco
- Antonyms: esiguo, irrisorio, modesto, scarso
1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata ottava – Novella terza”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron, Bari: Laterza, 1927:Nella nostra cittá, la qual sempre di varie maniere e di nuove genti è stata abbondevole, fu […] un dipintore chiamato Calandrino […].- In our city, which with odd humours/humors and queer folk has always been abounding, there dwelt a painter named Calandrino.
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Further reading
- abbondevole in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana