giovanesco
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Etymology
From giovane (“young”) + -esco (“-esque”, “resembling”, suffix denoting a quality).
Pronunciation
Adjective
giovanesco (feminine giovanesca, masculine plural giovaneschi, feminine plural giovanesche)
- (archaic, rare) youthful
- Synonym: giovanile
- 1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Capitolo V [Chapter 5]”, in Fiammetta, Firenze, published 1829, page 109:
- poi che i guazzosi tempi del verno sono trapassati e la primavera con li fiori e con la nuova erba ha al mondo rendute le sue perdute bellezze, essendo con questo li giovaneschi animi per la qualità del tempo raccesi […]
- After the bedewed time of Winter has passed, and Spring has returned its lost beauty to the world with flowers and new grass, since, with this, the youthful spirits are rekindled by the quality of the weather […]
Related terms
Further reading
- giovanesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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