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Italian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Latin ferreus. By surface analysis, ferro (“iron”) + -eo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ferreo (feminine ferrea, masculine plural ferrei, feminine plural ferree)
- (rare, relational) iron
- Synonyms: di ferro, ferrigno
- (figurative, by extension) resistant, robust
- Synonyms: resistente, robusto
- (figurative, by extension) inflexible, rigid, rigorous
- Synonyms: inflessibile, rigido, rigoroso, risoluto, irremovibile
- disciplina ferrea ― iron discipline
- volontà ferrea ― iron will
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:Ci voleva pure una certa agilità mentale, la capacità di applicare in un dato momento la logica più ferrea, e di ignorare subito dopo i più grossolani errori di logica.- It needed also a sort of athleticism of mind, an ability at one moment to make the most delicate use of logic and at the next to be unconscious of the crudest logical errors.
- (literally, “It took even a certain mental agility, the capacity to apply in one given moment the most rigorous logic, and to ignore immediately after the crudest logical errors.”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- ferreo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
ferreō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ferreus