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sprezzaturas

sprezzaturas is the plural of sprezzatura.

Meaning of sprezzatura

Noun

sprezzatura (usually uncountable, plural sprezzaturas)

  1. (usually) The art of performing a difficult task so gracefully that it looks effortless; calculated nonchalance.
    • […] I have found quite a universal rule which in this matter seems to me valid above all others, and in all human affairs whether in word or deed: and that is to avoid affectation in every way possible as though it were some very rough and dangerous reef; and (to pronounce a new word perhaps) to...1959, Charles S. Singleton, transl., The Book of the Courtier, translation of Il libro del Cortegiano by Baldassare Castiglione, The First Book, page 43

Questions about sprezzaturas

What is sprezzaturas the plural of?
Sprezzaturas is the plural of sprezzatura.

Words near sprezzaturas in the dictionary

  1. spreon
  2. spreons
  3. SPREP
  4. Spreyton
  5. sprezzatura
  6. sprezzaturas
  7. SPRG
  8. spricket
  9. sprickets
  10. Spridget
  11. Spridgets

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