aggradevole

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Italian

Etymology

aggrad(ire) (to like) +‎ -evole.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡ.ɡraˈde.vo.le/
  • Hyphenation: ag‧gra‧dé‧vo‧le

Adjective

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  1. (literary) agreeable, pleasant
    Synonyms: gradevole, piacevole
    Antonyms: sgradevole, spiacevole
    • 1804, Cesare Beccaria, “Parte prima, Principii e viste generali [First part, General principles and views]”, in Elementi di economia pubblica [Elements of Public Economics]‎[1], collected in Opere di Cesare Beccaria – volume secondo, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, published 1822, page 5:
      Le ricchezze altro non sono che l’abbondanza delle cose necessarie non solo, ma comode eziandio ed aggradevoli.
      Riches are nothing but the abundance of not only the necessary things, but also of the convenient and pleasant [things].

Derived terms

References

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