pessimo

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin pessimus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛs.si.mo/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛssimo
  • Hyphenation: pès‧si‧mo

Adjective

pessimo (feminine pessima, masculine plural pessimi, feminine plural pessime) superlative of cattivo

  1. very bad, awful, foul, dreadful
    Synonyms: disgustoso, orrendo, orribile, terribile, tremendo
    Antonym: ottimo

Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

pessimō (present infinitive pessimāre, perfect active pessimāvī, supine pessimātum); first conjugation

  1. to ruin (spoil completely)

Conjugation

Adjective

pessimō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pessimus

References

  • pessimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pessimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.