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morbidezza

/ˌmɔː(ɹ)bɪˈdɛtsə/

morbidezza noun: softness, smoothness; also in a negative sense, weakness, effeminacy.

Noun

morbidezza (uncountable)

  1. Softness, smoothness; also in a negative sense, weakness, effeminacy.
    • Yea, when we forge its image in hir excellencie, we deck it with epithets of sickish and dolorous qualities: languor, effeminacy, weaknesse, fainting and Morbidezza, a great testimony of their consanguinity and consubstantiality.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 20, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. A naturalistic delicacy in flesh tones.

Origin of morbidezza

Borrowed from Italian morbidezza.

Questions about morbidezza

What does morbidezza mean?
Morbidezza means softness, smoothness; also in a negative sense, weakness, effeminacy.
What part of speech is morbidezza?
Morbidezza is a noun.
How do you pronounce morbidezza?
Morbidezza is pronounced /ˌmɔː(ɹ)bɪˈdɛtsə/.

Words near morbidezza in the dictionary

  1. morbid
  2. morbid obesity
  3. morbid owlet
  4. morbider
  5. morbidest
  6. morbidezza
  7. morbidities
  8. morbidity
  9. morbidize
  10. morbidized
  11. morbidizes

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