versiscioltaio
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From verso sciolto (“blank verse”) + -aio. Coined by Italian literary critic Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]versiscioltaio (feminine versiscioltaia, masculine plural versiscioltai, feminine plural versiscioltaie)
- (literary, derogatory) that composes blank verses
Noun
[edit]versiscioltaio m (plural versiscioltai)
- (literary, derogatory) one who composes blank verses
- 1762, Giuseppe Baretti, Frusta letteraria di Aristarco Scannabue - Tomo I[1], published 1839, page 238:
- Oh se potessi far capire ai giovani che il riuscire poeta è cosa veramente gloriosa, ma che il riuscire versiscioltaio o rimatore è cosa vituperosissima!
- Oh, if only I could make young people understand that becoming a poet is a truly glorious thing, but that becoming a versifier or a rhymer is a most shameful thing!
- 1839, Enciclopedia italiana e Dizionario della conversazione - Vol. III[2], Venice, page 892:
- Che se si dicesse l'occasione risvegliatrice del vocabolo versiscioltaio, non pochi moverebbero scandalo contro il Baretti
- Because, if one were to mention the circumstances under which the word versiscioltaio was awakened, many would direct their outrage against Baretti
Further reading
[edit]- versiscioltaio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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