avaccio

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vīvācius, comparative form of vīvāciter (“vigorously”), from vīvāx (“vigorous, lively”). Compare Catalan aviat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈvat.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -attʃo
  • Hyphenation: a‧vàc‧cio

Adverb

avaccio (obsolete)

  1. soon, early
    Synonym: presto
  2. quickly, eagerly
    Synonym: in fretta
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 115–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      E già ’l maestro mio mi richiamava;
      per ch’i’ pregai lo spirto più avaccio
      che mi dicesse con chi lu’ istava.
      And now my Master was recalling me; so I asked the spirit more eagerly to tell me who was with him there.

Further reading

  • avaccio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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