giovanesco
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom giovane (“young”) -esco (“-esque”, “resembling”, suffix denoting a quality).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgiovanesco (feminine giovanesca, masculine plural giovaneschi, feminine plural giovanesche)
- (archaic, rare) youthful
- Synonym: giovanile
- 1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Capitolo V [Chapter 5]”, in Fiammetta[1], 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
editFurther reading
edit- giovanesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ey- (life)
- Italian terms suffixed with -esco
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- Rhymes:Italian/esko
- Rhymes:Italian/esko/4 syllables
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