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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin laudābilis. By surface analysis, lodare + -evole. Compare borrowed doublet laudabile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loˈde.vo.le/
- Rhymes: -evole
- Hyphenation: lo‧dé‧vo‧le
Adjective
lodevole (plural lodevoli, superlative lodevolissimo)
- praiseworthy
- Synonyms: (literary) commendabile, (literary) commendevole, encomiabile, lodabile, (literary) plausibile
- Antonyms: biasimevole, disprezzabile, riprovevole
Derived terms
Further reading
- lodevole in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana