oggimai

Italian

Etymology

Derived from oggi (“today”) + mai (“never”, “ever”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /od.d͡ʒiˈmai̯/, [od͡ːʒiˈmäi̯]
• Hyphenation: og‧gi‧mài

Adverb

oggimai

1. (obsolete, literary) by now, by this time, now, at this point, by then
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXXIV, p. 507, vv. 25-27:

     Io non mori' e non rimasi vivo; ¶ pensa oggimai per te, s'hai fior d'ingegno, ¶ qual io divenni, d'uno e d'altro privo.

     I did not die, and I alive remained not; ¶ think for thyself now, hast thou aught of wit, ¶ what I became, being of both deprived.

Synonyms

• oramai, ormai

Related terms

• omai