impresa
impresa noun: a device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.
Noun
impresa (plural impresas)
- A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.
- My impresa to your lordship; a swan
Flying to a laurel for shelter.1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie - […] or to describe Races and Games,
Or tilting Furniture, emblazon’d Shields,
Impreses quaint, Caparisons and Steeds;1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(1674)/Book_IX), Book 9, lines 33-35
- My impresa to your lordship; a swan
Forms of impresa
| plural | impresas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | imprese |
| alternative form | impress |
Origin of impresa
Borrowed from Italian impresa.
Questions about impresa
- What does impresa mean?
- Impresa means a device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.
- What part of speech is impresa?
- Impresa is a noun.
- What is the plural of impresa?
- The plural of impresa is impresas.
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