precipitevolissimevolmente

Italian

FWOTD – 29 June 2015

Alternative forms

• precipitevolissimamente

Etymology

Coined by Italian scholar Francesco Moneti in 1677 as a superlative form of precipitevolmente (“hastily, precipitously”). By surface analysis, precipitevole (“hasty, precipitous”) +‎ -issimo (“very”, superlative suffix) +‎ -evole (“-ible”) +‎ -mente (“-ly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.t͡ʃi.pi.te.voˌlis.si.me.volˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧pi‧te‧vo‧lis‧si‧me‧vol‧mén‧te

Adverb

precipitevolissimevolmente

1. (rare) very hastily or precipitously; as fast as possible
   • 1677, Francesco Moneti, La Cortona convertita [Cortona converted], published 1797, Canto III, LXV, page 55:

     Perché alla terra alfin torna repente ¶ Precipitevolissimevolmente.

     Because at last to the earth it suddenly returns ¶ Very precipituously.

Related terms

• precipitevole
• precipitevolmente