indarno

Italian

Etymology

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Adverb

indarno (literary)

  1. in vain
  2. fruitlessly
  3. unnecessarily
  4. needlessly

Adjective

indarno (feminine indarna, masculine plural indarni, feminine plural indarne) (literary)

  1. vain, useless
    Synonyms: vano, inutile
    • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “CXXVIII — Italia mia, benché ’l parlar sia indarno”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 1–3; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
      Italia mia, benché ’l parlar sia indarno / a le piaghe mortali / che nel bel corpo tuo sì spesse veggio […]
      My dear Italy, although speaking is useless to [cure] the mortal wounds that in your beautiful body I see so many […]

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