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Italian
Etymology
From vedova (or vedovo) + -aggio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve.doˈvad.d͡ʒo/
- Rhymes: -addʒo
- Hyphenation: ve‧do‧vàg‧gio
Noun
vedovaggio m (plural vedovaggi)
- (obsolete) widowhood
- Synonym: vedovanza
c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Quarto trattato, Primo capitolo [Fourth Treatise, First Chapter]”, in Convivio [The Banquet], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 15:Morì Ortensio; per che si significa lo termine de la senettute; e vedova fatta - per lo quale vedovaggio si significa lo senio - tornò Marzia dal principio del suo vedovaggio a Catone, per che si significa la nobile anima dal principio del senio tornare a Dio. E quale uomo terreno più degno fu di significare Iddio, che Catone? Certo nullo.- Hortensius died, by which is signified the end of old age; and having become a widow–which widowhood signifies senility–Marcia returned at the beginning of her widowhood to Cato, signifying that the noble soul returns to God at the beginning of senility. What man on earth was more worthy to signify God than Cato? Surely none.
Further reading
- vedovaggio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana