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Italian
Etymology
gagliardo (“strong; brave; lively; forceful”) + -issimo (superlative adjectival suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaʎ.ʎarˈdis.si.mo/
- Rhymes: -issimo
- Hyphenation: ga‧gliar‧dìs‧si‧mo
Adjective
gagliardissimo (feminine gagliardissima, masculine plural gagliardissimi, feminine plural gagliardissime)
- superlative degree of gagliardo
- very strong
1321–1337, Guido da Pisa, “Rubrica XXXVI”, Libro VIII della Eneide, in I fatti di Enea; republished as Le cento novelle antiche - I fatti di Enea (Biblioteca dei classici; 5), Florence: M. Mazzini; G. Gaston, 1867, page 159:fu gagliardissima, sì ch’ella fendeva et isquarciava li uomini e li cavalli a modo di rape- was very strong, so much so that she sliced and cut men and horses to pieces as if they were turnips
- very vigorous
1549, Anton Francesco Grazzini, “Novella decima”, Terza cena, in Le cene; republished in Le cene ed altre prose di Antonfrancesco Grazzini detto il Lasca (Opere di Antonfrancesco Grazzini detto il Lasca; 1), Florence: Felice Le Monnier, 1857, page 206:Lo misero in una lettiga, la quale portavano due muli gagliardissimi- They put him on a litter, which was carried by two very vigorous mules