precipitevolissimevolmente
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Italian scholar Francesco Moneti in 1677 as a superlative form of precipitevolmente (“hastily, precipitously”). By surface analysis, precipitevole (“hasty, precipitous”) + -issimo (“very”, superlative suffix) + -evole (“-able”) + -mente (“-ly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pre.t͡ʃi.pi.te.voˌlis.si.me.volˈmen.te/
- Rhymes: -ente
- Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧pi‧te‧vo‧lis‧si‧me‧vol‧mén‧te
Adverb
[edit]precipitevolissimevolmente
- (rare) very hastily or precipitously; as fast as possible
- 1677, Francesco Moneti, La Cortona convertita [Cortona converted], published 1797, Canto III, LXV, page 55:
- Perché alla terra alfin torna repente ¶ Precipitevolissimevolmente.
- Because at last to the earth it suddenly returns ¶ Very precipituously.[1]
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The author is referring to a balloon.
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- Rhymes:Italian/ente
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