senetta

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin senecta, derived from senectus (“old”), derived from senex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈnɛt.ta/, [s̪eˈn̺ɛt̪t̪ä]
  • Hyphenation: se‧nèt‧ta

Noun

senetta f (plural senette)

  1. (literary, obsolete) old age, senectitude
    Synonyms: anzianità, canizie, senescenza, senettute, senilità, vecchiezza
    Antonyms: gioventù, giovinezza
    • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato quarto [Fourth Treatise]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎[1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, Chapter XXVII:
      l’anima nobile ne la senetta sì è prudente, sì è giusta, sì è larga […]
      the noble soul is so careful, so just, so generous in senectitude
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