dicevole
Italian
Alternative forms
- decevole (archaic)
Etymology
From Late Latin decibilis (“proper, decent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈt͡ʃe.vo.le/
- Rhymes: -evole
- Hyphenation: di‧cé‧vo‧le
Adjective
dicevole (plural dicevoli) (literary, rare)
- decent, proper, suitable
- Synonyms: adatto, confacente, conveniente, opportuno
- Antonyms: disdicevole, inadatto, inopportuno, sconveniente
- 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quarta – Novella prima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron, Bari: Laterza, 1927:
- Ed or volesse Iddio che, poi che a tanta disonestá conducerti dovevi, avessi preso uomo che alla tua nobiltá decevole fosse stato […].
- And would to God, as thou must needs demean thyself to such dishonour/dishonor, thou hadst taken a man suitable to thy nobility.
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