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imperito

  1. singular nominal past passive participle of imperar

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin imperītus. By surface analysis, in- (not)perito (skilled, able).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /im.peˈri.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: im‧pe‧rì‧to

Adjective

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imperito (feminine imperita, masculine plural imperiti, feminine plural imperite)

  1. (literary) inexperienced, unskilled
    Synonyms: incapace, incompetente, inesperto, inetto
    Antonyms: capace, competente, esperto, perito, pratico, preparato, provetto

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Further reading

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  • imperito in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • imperito in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • imperito in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • imperito in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • imperito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Etymology

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From imperō (command).

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imperitō (present infinitive imperitāre, perfect active imperitāvī, supine imperitātum); first conjugation

  1. to command, govern, rule
    Synonyms: dominor, imperō, gerō, moderor, rēgnō, regō, ōrdinō, magistrō

Usage notes

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  • There are instances of impersonal passive meaning.

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References

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  • imperito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • imperito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imperito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin imperītus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /impeˈɾito/ [ĩm.peˈɾi.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: im‧pe‧ri‧to

Adjective

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imperito (feminine imperita, masculine plural imperitos, feminine plural imperitas)

  1. inexperienced
    Synonym: inexperto
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