bombace
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]bombace (uncountable)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “bombace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from translingual Bombax, from Medieval Latin bombax, alternative form of bambax (“cotton wool”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bombace m (plural bombaci)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- bombace in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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