altepreza

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Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

alta +‎ -e +‎ prezo +‎ -a.

Adjective[edit]

altepreza (accusative singular alteprezan, plural alteprezaj, accusative plural alteprezajn)

  1. high-priced, costly, expensive, precious
    • 1908, William Shakespeare, “Makbeto”, in D. H. Lambert, transl., Macbeth‎[1], act IV, scene 3:
      Ĉar kial vi la filon kaj edzinon—
      Ligilojn alteprezajn de la amo—
      Forlasis, ne dirinte adiaŭon?
      Why in that rawness left you wife and child,
      Those precious motives, those strong knots of love,
      Without leave-taking?

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