medesmo

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈdez.mo/
  • Rhymes: -ezmo
  • Hyphenation: me‧dé‧smo

Adjective

medesmo (feminine medesma, masculine plural medesmi, feminine plural medesme)

  1. (poetic) syncopic form of medesimo
    • 13361374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, line 11; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
      [] di me medesmo meco mi vergogno;
      I am ashamed of myself with me.

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