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precipitevolissimevolmente

precipitevolissimevolmente

Italian

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Adverb

precipitevolissimevolmente (rare)

  1. very hastily or precipitously; as fast as possible
    • 1677, Francesco Moneti, La Cortona convertita [Cortona converted], published 1797, Canto III, LXV, page 55:
      Perché alla terra alfin torna repente ¶ Precipitevolissimevolmente.
      Because at last to the earth it suddenly returns ¶ Very precipituously.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ The author is referring to a balloon.

Etymology

Coined by Italian scholar Francesco Moneti in 1677 as a superlative form of precipitevolmente ‎(“hastily, precipitously”). Surface analysis: precipitevol(e) ‎(“hasty, precipitous”) +‎ -issim(o) ‎(“very”, superlative suffix) +‎ -evol(e) ‎(adjective-forming suffix) +‎ -mente ‎(adverb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preˌtʃi.pi.te.voˌlis.siˌme.volˈmen.te/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧pi‧te‧vo‧lìs‧si‧me‧vol‧mén‧te
  • Rhymes: -ente

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