velleitario

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Italian

Etymology

From velleità +‎ -ario, compare French velléitaire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vel.lejˈta.rjo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -arjo
  • Hyphenation: vel‧lei‧tà‧rio

Adjective

velleitario (feminine velleitaria, masculine plural velleitari, feminine plural velleitarie)

  1. overambitious, fanciful, unrealistic

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ velleitario in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading

  • velleitario in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana