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orezza

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈred.d͡za/
  • Rhymes: -eddza
  • Hyphenation: o‧réz‧za

Etymology 1

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Noun

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orezza f (plural orezze) (archaic or poetic)

  1. Alternative form of orezzo
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎[1], lines 145–150; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      tal mi senti’ un vento dar per mezza
      la fronte, e ben senti’ mover la piuma,
      che fé sentir d'ambrosïa l’orezza.
      So did I feel a breeze strike in the midst
      my front, and felt the moving of the plumes
      that breathed around an odour of ambrosia.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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orezza

  1. inflection of orezzare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

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