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Italian
Etymology
From Latin nefandus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neˈfan.do/
- Rhymes: -ando
- Hyphenation: ne‧fàn‧do
Adjective
nefando (feminine nefanda, masculine plural nefandi, feminine plural nefande)
- base, vile, nefandous, wicked
1947, Primo Levi, “Il viaggio”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 14:Ognuno si congedò dalla vita nel modo che più gli si addiceva. Alcuni pregarono, altri bevvero oltre misura, altri si inebriarono di nefanda ultima passione.- Everyone took leave of life in the way that best suited him. Some preyed, others drank too heavily, others got drunk on the last vile passion.
Derived terms
Further reading
- nefando in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
nefandō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nefandus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nefandus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nefando (feminine nefanda, masculine plural nefandos, feminine plural nefandas)
- vile, nefarious
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin nefandus.
Adjective
nefando (feminine nefanda, masculine plural nefandos, feminine plural nefandas)
- vile; nefarious
Further reading