apposito
Italian
Etymology
From Latin appositus, perfect passive participle of appōnō (“I appoint; I place near”).
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Adjective
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- (obsolete) placed (near or before or above)
- c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato Primo [First Treatise]”, in Convivio [The Banquet][1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, Chapter II:
- Nel cominciamento di ciascuno bene ordinato convivio sogliono li sergenti prendere lo pane apposito, e quello purgare da ogni macula.
- At the beginning of every well-ordered banquet the servants customarily take the bread placed on the table and cleanse it of any impurity.
- appropriate, proper
- Synonyms: adatto, adeguato, appropriato, confacente, idoneo, opportuno
- Antonyms: inadatto, inadeguato, inidoneo, inopportuno
- special
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Participle
(deprecated template usage) appositō