altepreza
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]altepreza (accusative singular alteprezan, plural alteprezaj, accusative plural alteprezajn)
- high-priced, costly, expensive, precious
- 1908, William Shakespeare, “Makbeto”, in D. H. Lambert, transl., Macbeth[1], act IV, scene 3:
- Ĉar kial vi la filon kaj edzinon—
Ligilojn alteprezajn de la amo—
Forlasis, ne dirinte adiaŭon?- Why in that rawness left you wife and child,
Those precious motives, those strong knots of love,
Without leave-taking?
- Why in that rawness left you wife and child,