disianza

Italian

Etymology

From disi(are) (“to wish; to long for”) +‎ -anza (“-ance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ziˈan.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -antsa
• Hyphenation: di‧si‧àn‧za

Noun

disianza f (plural disianze) (archaic, poetic)

1. desire (emotion, or the thing desired)

   Synonym: desiderio

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXIII, page 587, lines 13–15:

     Donna, se’ tanto grande e tanto vali, ¶ che qual vuol grazia e a te non ricorre, ¶ sua disïanza vuol volar sanz’ali.

     Lady, thou art so great, and so prevailing, that he who wishes grace, nor runs to thee, his aspiration without wings would fly.

Further reading

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