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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin amplexus (“loving embrace”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amˈplɛs.so/
- Rhymes: -ɛsso
- Hyphenation: am‧plès‧so
Noun
amplesso m (plural amplessi)
- intercourse
1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 66:E se da questo amplesso nasceva un bambino, ricominciava il rito infernale,- And if a baby was born from this intercourse, the infernal rite woud have started again,
- embrace
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