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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin tābefactus, perfect passive participle of tābefaciō (“to melt, dissolve”), derived from Classical Latin tābēs (“decay; melting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.beˈfat.to/
- Rhymes: -atto
- Hyphenation: ta‧be‧fàt‧to
Adjective
tabefatto (feminine tabefatta, masculine plural tabefatti, feminine plural tabefatte) (literary)
- putrefied, rotten
- Synonyms: imputridito, putrido
- Antonym: sano
- corrupted, infected
- Synonyms: corrotto, infetto
- Antonyms: incorrotto, puro
1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, Amorosa visione [Loving Vision], published 1833, page 45:Ma le tue molte tirano il liquore ¶ Mescolato col limo, e tabefatte ¶ Corrompon l’altre, e muoion con dolore.- But many of yours lap up the liquid mixed with mud, and, tainted, they infect the others, and die painfully
- (by extension) filthy, dirty
- Synonyms: imbrattato, lordo
- Antonyms: (literary) mondo, (uncommon) netto, pulito
Further reading
- tabefatto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana