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Italian
Etymology
From disi(are) (“to wish; to long for”) + -anza (“-ance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.ziˈan.t͡sa/
- Rhymes: -antsa
- Hyphenation: di‧si‧àn‧za
Noun
disianza f (plural disianze) (archaic, poetic)
- desire (emotion, or the thing desired)
- Synonym: desiderio
1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXIII, page 587, lines 13–15:Donna, se’ tanto grande e tanto vali, ¶ che qual vuol grazia e a te non ricorre, ¶ sua disïanza vuol volar sanz’ali.- Lady, thou art so great, and so prevailing, that he who wishes grace, nor runs to thee, his aspiration without wings would fly.
Further reading
- disianza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana