oggezione

Italian

Etymology

The /-ddʒ-/ is the inherited outcome of Latin -bj-, compare oggetto. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

oggezione f (plural oggezioni)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of obiezione
    • c. 1355, Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Corbaccio:
      Ma io, prima che più avanti dica, ti voglio trarre d'un pensiero, il quale forse avuto hai o avere potresti nell'animo, solvendoti una oggezione che fare potresti.
      But I, before you later say it, want to take you away from a thought, which you maybe had or may have in your mind, releasing you of an objection you might make.

Descendants

  • Maltese: oġġezzjoni

Further reading

  • Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “oggezione”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume Oggezióne, page 11, page 11, page 00000855
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