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Italian
Etymology
From Latin pessimus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pessimo (feminine pessima, masculine plural pessimi, feminine plural pessime) superlative of cattivo
- 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
- to ruin (spoil completely)
Conjugation
Adjective
pessimō
- 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.