cosiffatto
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Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From così (“so”) + fatto (“made”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cosiffatto (feminine cosiffatta, masculine plural cosiffatti, feminine plural cosiffatte)
- such, similar
- 1321, Dante Alighieri with Umberto Bosco and Giovanni Reggio, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell][1], 12th edition, Firenze: Le Monnier, published 1994, →ISBN, Canto V, page 73, lines 37–39:
- Intesi ch'a così fatto tormento ¶ enno dannati i peccator carnali, ¶ che la ragion sommettono al talento.
- I understood that unto such a torment ¶ the carnal malefactors were condemned, ¶ who reason subjugate to appetite.
- like this or like that