avaccio

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vīvācius, comparative form of vīvāciter (“vigorously”), from vīvāx (“vigorous, lively”). Compare Catalan aviat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvat.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -attʃo
• Hyphenation: a‧vàc‧cio

Adverb

avaccio (obsolete)

1. soon, early

   Synonym: presto

2. quickly, eagerly

   Synonym: in fretta

   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 115–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     E già ’l maestro mio mi richiamava;
     per ch’i’ pregai lo spirto più avaccio
     che mi dicesse con chi lu’ istava.

     And now my Master was recalling me; so I asked the spirit more eagerly to tell me who was with him there.

Related terms

• avaccevole
• vivace

Further reading

• avaccio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• accovai, vaccaio