Italian edit

Etymology edit

From abbagliare (to dazzle) +‎ -aggine.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ab.baʎˈʎad.d͡ʒi.ne/
  • Rhymes: -addʒine
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ba‧gliàg‧gi‧ne

Noun edit

abbagliaggine f (plural abbagliaggini)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of abbagliamento (dazzlement)
    • 1530, Pietro Bembo, “Libro secondo, Capitolo XXII [Second Book, Chapter 22]”, in Gli asolani, published 1989:
      Perciò che sparge Amore col movimento delle sue ali una dolcezza ne gli occhi de’ suoi seguaci, la quale, d’ogni abbagliaggine purgandogli, fa che essi, stati semplici per lo adietro nel guardare, mutano subito modo
      That's because Love, with the movement of his wings, spreads in the eyes of his followers a sweetness which, purging them from any dazzlement, makes it so that they, that had previously looked in a simple way, immediately change their ways

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Further reading edit

  • abbagliaggine in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication