gagliardissimo

See also: Gagliardo

Italian

Etymology

gagliardo (“strong; brave; lively; forceful”) +‎ -issimo (superlative adjectival suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʎ.ʎarˈdis.si.mo/
• Rhymes: -issimo
• Hyphenation: ga‧gliar‧dìs‧si‧mo

Adjective

gagliardissimo (feminine gagliardissima, masculine plural gagliardissimi, feminine plural gagliardissime)

1. superlative degree of gagliardo
   1. very strong
      • 1321–1337, Guido da Pisa, “Rubrica XXXVI”, Libro VIII della Eneide, in I fatti di Enea‎^[1]; republished as Le cento novelle antiche - I fatti di Enea (Biblioteca dei classici; 5), Florence: M. Mazzini; G. Gaston, 1867, page 159:

        fu gagliardissima, sì ch’ella fendeva et isquarciava li uomini e li cavalli a modo di rape

        [​Camilla​] was very strong, so much so that she sliced and cut men and horses to pieces as if they were turnips

   2. very vigorous
      • 1549, Anton Francesco Grazzini, “Novella decima”, Terza cena, in Le cene; republished in Le cene ed altre prose di Antonfrancesco Grazzini detto il Lasca (Opere di Antonfrancesco Grazzini detto il Lasca; 1)‎^[2], Florence: Felice Le Monnier, 1857, page 206:

        Lo misero in una lettiga, la quale portavano due muli gagliardissimi

        They put him on a litter, which was carried by two very vigorous mules