disianza

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Italian

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Etymology

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From disi(are) (to wish; to long for) +‎ -anza (-ance).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.ziˈan.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -antsa
  • Hyphenation: di‧si‧àn‧za

Noun

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disianza f (plural disianze) (archaic, poetic)

  1. desire (emotion, or the thing desired)
    Synonym: desiderio
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXIII, page 587, lines 13–15:
      Donna, se’ tanto grande e tanto vali, ¶ che qual vuol grazia e a te non ricorre, ¶ sua disïanza vuol volar sanz’ali.
      Lady, thou art so great, and so prevailing, that he who wishes grace, nor runs to thee, his aspiration without wings would fly.

Further reading

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