orezza

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈred.d͡za/
• Rhymes: -eddza
• Hyphenation: o‧réz‧za

Etymology 1

Noun

orezza f (plural orezze) (archaic or poetic)

1. Alternative form of orezzo
   • early-mid 1310s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎^[1], lines 145–150; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     tal mi senti’ un vento dar per mezza
     la fronte, e ben senti’ mover la piuma,
     che fé sentir d'ambrosïa l’orezza.

     So did I feel a breeze strike in the midst
     my front, and felt the moving of the plumes
     that breathed around an odour of ambrosia.

Derived terms

• adorezzare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

orezza

1. inflection of orezzare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Arezzo, azzero, azzerò