fortalice

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• fortilice

[edit] Etymology

From mediaeval Latin fortalitia, from fortis ‘strong’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɔ:təlɪs/

[edit] Noun

fortalice (plural fortalices)

1. (archaic) A small fortress.

   • 1819: Tell them whatever thou hast a mind of the weakness of this fortalice, or aught else that can detain them before it for twenty-four hours. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

[edit] Translations

Italian: fortilizio it(it) m.