clarore

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clārōrem, derived from clārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaˈro.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: cla‧ró‧re

Noun

clarore m (plural clarori)

1. (obsolete) glow, brightness

   Synonyms: chiarore, luminosità

   • 13^th century, Guittone d'Arezzo, Non mi credea aver tanto fallato, collected in Le rime di Guittone d'Arezzo, Bari: Laterza, published 1940, page 198, lines 1–3:

     Non mi credea tanto aver fallato,
     ca mi celasse mostrar so clarore
     la rosa del giardino […]

     I did not think I had done so much wrong that the rose of the garden would stop showing me its brightness

Related terms

• clarità
• clarito
• claro

 

Further reading

• clarore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana