sezzaio

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Italian

Etymology

sezzo (“last”, adjective) +‎ -aio (relational adjective suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /setˈt͡sa.jo/
  • Rhymes: -ajo
  • Hyphenation: sez‧zà‧io

Adjective

sezzaio (feminine sezzaia, masculine plural sezzai, feminine plural sezzaie) (obsolete)

  1. last, final (coming after all others in a succession)
    Synonym: ultimo
    • mid 13th century–1280s, Ricordano Malispini, “Come Athalan ebbe tre figliuoli, e di Italia per cui fu nominata [How Atalan had three children; and of Italy, which was named after him]” (chapter 3), in Istoria antica‎, pages 2–3; republished as Istoria antica di Ricordano Malespini gentil'uomo fiorentino dall’edificazione di Fiorenza insino all'anno MCCLXXXI, con l'aggiunta di Giachetto suo nipote dal detto anno per insino al 1286, Florence: Stamperia Giunti, 1568:
      lo terzo figliuolo hebbe nome Sichano, […] e degnamẽte fu chiamato pero che fue lo ſezaio figliuolo, e fu quello che prima ando in Sicilia e preſela per ſuo abituro
      [lo terzo figliuolo ebbe nome Sicano […] ; e degnamente fu chiamato, perocché fue lo sezzaio figliuolo, e fu quello che prima andò in Sicilia, e presela per suo abituro]
      the third children was named Sicanus ; and his name was appropriate, since he was the last child, and was the one who first went to Sicily, and took it as his abode
  2. (rare) last, final (coming shortly before death)
  3. (rare, eschatology) last, final (coming shortly before the Apocalypse)
  4. (rare) faraway, distant (located in a remote part of a region)
    • c. 1300 [c. 1298], Marco Polo et al., “Della città che si chiama Tapigni [About the city called Tapigni]” (chapter 150), in Milione [Million]‎, translation of Le divisement dou monde by Marco Polo and Rustichello da Pisa (in Old French); republished as Antonio Lanza, editor, Il Milione di Marco Polo, L'Unità - Editori Riuniti, 1982:
      Di capo de le 3 giornate si truova la città di Cangu […] ed è la sezzaia città di Quisai.
      Within 3 days is the city of Cangu and the faraway city of Quisai.
  5. (rare) worst, most serious, gravest
  6. (rare) lowest (most inferior)

Noun

sezzaio m (plural sezzai) (obsolete)

  1. last (one)
  2. lowest (one)

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