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English
Etymology
From Italian morbidezza.
Pronunciation
Noun
morbidezza (uncountable)
- Softness, smoothness; also in a negative sense, weakness, effeminacy.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 20, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:Yea, when we forge its image in hir excellencie, we deck it with epithets of sickish and dolorous qualities: languor, effeminacy, weaknesse, fainting and Morbidezza, a great testimony of their consanguinity and consubstantiality.
- (art) A naturalistic delicacy in flesh tones.
Italian
Etymology
From morbido + -ezza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mor.biˈdet.t͡sa/
- Rhymes: -ettsa
- Hyphenation: mor‧bi‧déz‧za
Noun
morbidezza f (plural morbidezze)
- softness, smoothness, tenderness, mellowness
Descendants
Further reading
- morbidezza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana