sermone

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sermōnem (conversation; speech).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /serˈmo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: ser‧mó‧ne

Noun

sermone m (plural sermoni)

  1. (archaic) language, speech
    Synonyms: lingua, linguaggio
    • 13361374, Francesco Petrarca, “XL — S’Amore o Morte non dà qualche stroppio”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 5–9; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
      i’ farò forse un mio lavor sí doppio
      tra lo stil de’ moderni e ’l sermon prisco,
      che, paventosamente a dirlo ardisco,
      infin a Roma n’udirai lo scoppio.
      Perhaps I will create a double work in modern style but with ancient language, so that, I’m fearful of saying it too boldly, you’ll hear the noise even as far as Rome.
    • 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one]‎, Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 17:
      Misere labbra, che temprar non sanno
      Con le Galliche grazie il sermon nostro
      Bleak lips, that know not how to soften our language through the Gaulish graces
    1. speech (act of speaking); the words uttered in speech
      Synonym: parlare
      • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 136–138; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
        Quando 'l maestro fu sovr'esso fermo,
        disse: «Chi fosti, che per tante punte
        soffi con sangue doloroso sermo?
        When near him had the Master stayed his steps, he said: "Who were you, that through so many wounds are blowing out with blood your dolorous speech?"
      • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 31”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 51; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:
        e venne con Grifon, con Aquilante
        []
        a cheti passi e senza alcun sermone.
        He came with Gryphon and with Aquilant, with stealthy pace and without speaking.
    2. (literary) sermon, lecture
      Synonym: orazione
      • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎, lines 145–148; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
        Ma voi torcete a la religïone
        tal che fia nato a cignersi la spada,
        e fate re di tal ch'è da sermone;
        onde la traccia vostra è fuor di strada
        But you unto religion wrench aside him who was born to gird him with the sword, and make a king of him who is for sermons; therefore your footsteps wander from the road
  2. (literary) poetic work with moralistic and didascalic features

Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

sermōne

  1. ablative singular of sermō

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman sermun.

Noun

sermone

  1. Alternative form of sermoun

Etymology 2

From Old French sermoner.

Verb

sermone

  1. Alternative form of sermonen