pravità

Italian

Etymology

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From Latin prāvitā(tem) accusative case of prāvitās (“viciousness” ← “deformity”).
Equivalent to pravo (“evil, wicked”) +‎ -ità (“-ity, -ness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pra.viˈta/, [pr̺äviˈt̪ä]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pra‧vi‧tà

Noun

pravità f (uncountable) (literary)

1. evilness, wickedness
   • 1940, Riccardo Bacchelli, Mondo vecchio sempre nuovo [Ever New Old World], Mursia, published 1969, page 25:

     era sporco d'una sporcizia che serviva d'insegna alla sua pravità

     he was filthy, of a filth that served as a sign of his wickedness

   • Synonyms: malvagità, perversità
2. An evil or depraved deed.

Related terms

• pravamente
• pravo

Anagrams

• partiva, prativa, privata, tarpavi