copiosità

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin cōpiōsitātem, derived from Latin cōpiōsus (abundant, copious).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ko.pjo.ziˈta/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: co‧pio‧si‧tà

Noun

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copiosità f (invariable)

  1. (literary) copiousness, abundance
    Synonyms: abbondanza, (literary, archaic or poetic) ubertà
    • 1550, Giorgio Vasari, Vite de piu eccellenti Architetti, Pittori, et Scultori Italiani[1], Florence, page 423:
      [] La mondazione del Diluvio, espressa con bellissimi componimenti, et copiosità di figure, et con ogni bello ornamento
      The Deluge's cleansing, expressed with wonderful compositions, and abundance of figures, and with each beautiful ornament.
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Further reading

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

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